diff --git a/os-prober.changes b/os-prober.changes
index 0840978..013dba5 100644
--- a/os-prober.changes
+++ b/os-prober.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat May 31 20:49:32 UTC 2014 - crrodriguez@opensuse.org
+
+- Neither dmraid nor lvm are mandatory components to get a 
+ working systemd but this package is, since it is required by grub2.
+ Downgrade the requires to recommends so lvm2/dmraid can be uninstalled
+ without rendering the system unusable.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu May 29 08:26:40 UTC 2014 - mchang@suse.com
 
diff --git a/os-prober.spec b/os-prober.spec
index 5cfa374..f67400d 100644
--- a/os-prober.spec
+++ b/os-prober.spec
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ Requires:       /bin/sed
 Requires:       /sbin/modprobe
 Requires:       btrfsprogs
 Requires:       coreutils
-Requires:       dmraid
-Requires:       lvm2
+Recommends:     dmraid
+Recommends:     lvm2
 Requires:       udev
 Requires:       util-linux