diff --git a/python3-espressomd.changes b/python3-espressomd.changes
index af03e2b..1f47a6a 100644
--- a/python3-espressomd.changes
+++ b/python3-espressomd.changes
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
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 Mon May 11 20:57:59 UTC 2020 - Christoph Junghans <junghans@votca.org>
 
-- python3-numpy is needed at runtime
+- enable hdf5 support
+- python3-numpy & python3-h5md are needed at runtime
 
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 Tue Jan 21 13:26:55 UTC 2020 - Christoph Junghans <junghans@votca.org>
diff --git a/python3-espressomd.spec b/python3-espressomd.spec
index 4a4316c..e61ad7d 100644
--- a/python3-espressomd.spec
+++ b/python3-espressomd.spec
@@ -59,11 +59,15 @@ BuildRequires:  libboost_filesystem-devel
 BuildRequires:  libboost_mpi-devel
 BuildRequires:  libboost_system-devel
 BuildRequires:  libboost_test-devel
+BuildRequires:  hdf5-%{mpiver}-devel
+BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
+BuildRequires:  python3-h5py
 %else
 BuildRequires:  boost-devel
 %endif
 Obsoletes:      libEspresso4
-BuildRequires:  python3-devel
+Requires:       python3-numpy
+Requires:       python3-h5py
 
 %description
 ESPResSo is a highly versatile software package for performing and analyzing