diff --git a/os-prober-make-btrfsprogs-optional.patch b/os-prober-make-btrfsprogs-optional.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1498569
--- /dev/null
+++ b/os-prober-make-btrfsprogs-optional.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+Index: os-prober-1.76/os-probes/common/50mounted-tests
+===================================================================
+--- os-prober-1.76.orig/os-probes/common/50mounted-tests
++++ os-prober-1.76/os-probes/common/50mounted-tests
+@@ -151,11 +151,20 @@ if [ "$types" = btrfs ]; then
+ 		rmdir "$tmpmnt" || true
+ 		exit 1
+ 	fi
+-	# besides regular subvols, get ro and snapshot so thet can be excluded
+-        subvols=$(btrfs subvolume list -a "$tmpmnt" | cut -d ' ' -f 9 | sed -e s!^\<FS_TREE\>/!!)
+-        rosubvols=$(btrfs subvolume list -r -a "$tmpmnt" | cut -d ' ' -f 9 | sed -e s!^\<FS_TREE\>/!!)
+-        sssubvols=$(btrfs subvolume list -s -a "$tmpmnt" | cut -d ' ' -f 14 | sed -e s!^\<FS_TREE\>/!!)
+-        defaultvol=$(btrfs subvolume get-default "$tmpmnt" | cut -d ' ' -f 9)
++
++	if type btrfs >/dev/null 2>&1; then
++		# besides regular subvols, get ro and snapshot so thet can be excluded
++		subvols=$(btrfs subvolume list -a "$tmpmnt" | cut -d ' ' -f 9 | sed -e s!^\<FS_TREE\>/!!)
++		rosubvols=$(btrfs subvolume list -r -a "$tmpmnt" | cut -d ' ' -f 9 | sed -e s!^\<FS_TREE\>/!!)
++		sssubvols=$(btrfs subvolume list -s -a "$tmpmnt" | cut -d ' ' -f 14 | sed -e s!^\<FS_TREE\>/!!)
++		defaultvol=$(btrfs subvolume get-default "$tmpmnt" | cut -d ' ' -f 9)
++	else
++		subvols=""
++		rosubvols=""
++		sssubvols=""
++		defaultvol=""
++	fi
++
+         if ! umount "$tmpmnt"; then
+             warn "failed to umount btrfs volume on $tmpmnt"
+             rmdir "$tmpmnt" || true
diff --git a/os-prober.changes b/os-prober.changes
index 712fde8..db7abc8 100644
--- a/os-prober.changes
+++ b/os-prober.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Dec 11 07:30:19 UTC 2018 - mchang@suse.com
+
+- Don't hard require btrfsprogs by downgrading it to suggests (boo#1118279)
+  * os-prober-make-btrfsprogs-optional.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Oct 31 07:08:10 UTC 2018 - mchang@suse.com
 
diff --git a/os-prober.spec b/os-prober.spec
index 2c0bee0..07e7099 100644
--- a/os-prober.spec
+++ b/os-prober.spec
@@ -68,15 +68,17 @@ Patch24:        os-prober-linux-distro-parse-os-release.patch
 Patch25:        os-prober-05efi-blkid.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE: UEFI Grub does not insert Arch Linux entry correctly (boo#1101942)
 Patch26:        os-prober-multiple-initrd.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE: os-prober unconditionally pulls btrfsprogs (boo#1118279)
+Patch27:        os-prober-make-btrfsprogs-optional.patch
 Requires:       /bin/grep
 Requires:       /bin/sed
 Requires:       /sbin/modprobe
-Requires:       btrfsprogs
 Requires:       coreutils
 Requires:       udev
 Requires:       util-linux
 Recommends:     dmraid
 Suggests:       lvm2
+Suggests:       btrfsprogs
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1315
 # For logger utility
 Requires:       util-linux-systemd
@@ -111,6 +113,7 @@ cp %{SOURCE1} .
 %patch24 -p1
 %patch25 -p1
 %patch26 -p1
+%patch27 -p1
 find . -name \*.orig -delete
 
 %build