diff --git a/debian.tar.gz b/debian.tar.gz
index 9082b48..4150ff6 100644
--- a/debian.tar.gz
+++ b/debian.tar.gz
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:80278773812809883c225f5b8fe985c857e2f88d550c4481767725be4ec85630
-size 2193
+oid sha256:95424a09aaf2ea9c7e0d684ae1ef73a93b79fe4e3e7afe3a0593330b29a6d1b7
+size 2568
diff --git a/osc.changes b/osc.changes
index 4a8c231..f06672e 100644
--- a/osc.changes
+++ b/osc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 20 07:54:59 UTC 2012 - kruber@zib.de
+
+- recommend the python-keyring package
+  (needed for storing credentials in kwallet/gnome-keyring)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jun 29 08:59:05 UTC 2012 - adrian@suse.de
 
diff --git a/osc.spec b/osc.spec
index 23ed669..ecba940 100644
--- a/osc.spec
+++ b/osc.spec
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ Recommends:     obs-service-format_spec_file
 Recommends:     obs-service-source_validator
 %endif
 %endif
+# needed for storing credentials in kwallet/gnome-keyring
+%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1000 || 0%{?mandriva_version} || 0%{?mdkversion}
+Recommends:     python-keyring
+%endif
 %if 0%{?rhel_version} && 0%{?rhel_version} < 600
 BuildRequires:  python-elementtree
 Requires:       python-elementtree