diff --git a/osc.changes b/osc.changes
index a3ed597..e93639b 100644
--- a/osc.changes
+++ b/osc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Apr 20 07:18:40 UTC 2015 - bwiedemann@suse.com
+
+- Recommend sudo (needed for osc build)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Mar 26 13:52:34 UTC 2015 - adrian@suse.de
 
diff --git a/osc.spec b/osc.spec
index 7084131..bc44c2e 100644
--- a/osc.spec
+++ b/osc.spec
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ BuildArch:      noarch
 %endif
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1000
 Recommends:     build >= 2010.05.04
+Recommends:     sudo
 # These packages are needed for "osc add $URL"
 Recommends:     obs-service-recompress
 Recommends:     obs-service-set_version