diff --git a/patterns-base.changes b/patterns-base.changes
index 31acbe3..12dcf90 100644
--- a/patterns-base.changes
+++ b/patterns-base.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jul 27 09:59:08 UTC 2020 - Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.com>
+
+- Move pam_pwquality to Recommends section, as it is not required
+  and user should be able to de-install the full pwquality stack.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jul 22 14:23:49 UTC 2020 - Richard Brown <rbrown@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/patterns-base.spec b/patterns-base.spec
index b8c88b5..f2f6ae7 100644
--- a/patterns-base.spec
+++ b/patterns-base.spec
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ Requires:       glibc
 Requires:       libnss_usrfiles2
 Requires:       pam
 Requires:       pam-config
-Requires:       pam_pwquality
 Requires:       rpm
 Requires:       shadow
 Requires:       sysconfig
@@ -149,6 +148,7 @@ Requires:       purge-kernels-service
 Recommends:     busybox-static
 Recommends:     elfutils
 Recommends:     iproute2
+Recommends:     pam_pwquality
 Recommends:     system-group-trusted
 Recommends:     system-group-wheel
 Recommends:     system-user-bin