diff --git a/ksm.service b/ksm.service
index 34da85c5..e5b573fc 100644
--- a/ksm.service
+++ b/ksm.service
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ ConditionVirtualization=no
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=yes
-ExecStart=/bin/bash -c "echo 1 > /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/run"
-ExecStop=/bin/bash -c "echo 0 > /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/run"
+ExecStart=/bin/echo 1 > /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/run
+ExecStop=/bin/echo 0 > /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/run
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/qemu-testsuite.changes b/qemu-testsuite.changes
index 04752fd9..549e9941 100644
--- a/qemu-testsuite.changes
+++ b/qemu-testsuite.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jan 12 23:05:17 UTC 2018 - brogers@suse.com
+
+- Fix packaging dependencies (coreutils) for qemu-ksm package
+  (bsc#1040202)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jan  4 16:19:27 UTC 2018 - brogers@suse.com
 
diff --git a/qemu-testsuite.spec b/qemu-testsuite.spec
index 4b5c9432..2fc13307 100644
--- a/qemu-testsuite.spec
+++ b/qemu-testsuite.spec
@@ -732,6 +732,8 @@ network adapters available with QEMU.
 %package ksm
 Summary:        Kernel Samepage Merging services
 Group:          System/Emulators/PC
+Requires(pre):  coreutils
+Requires(post): coreutils
 
 %description ksm
 Kernel Samepage Merging (KSM) is a memory-saving de-duplication feature, that
diff --git a/qemu.changes b/qemu.changes
index 04752fd9..549e9941 100644
--- a/qemu.changes
+++ b/qemu.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jan 12 23:05:17 UTC 2018 - brogers@suse.com
+
+- Fix packaging dependencies (coreutils) for qemu-ksm package
+  (bsc#1040202)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jan  4 16:19:27 UTC 2018 - brogers@suse.com
 
diff --git a/qemu.spec b/qemu.spec
index 4f0a6bb4..b3525d57 100644
--- a/qemu.spec
+++ b/qemu.spec
@@ -732,6 +732,8 @@ network adapters available with QEMU.
 %package ksm
 Summary:        Kernel Samepage Merging services
 Group:          System/Emulators/PC
+Requires(pre):  coreutils
+Requires(post): coreutils
 
 %description ksm
 Kernel Samepage Merging (KSM) is a memory-saving de-duplication feature, that
diff --git a/qemu.spec.in b/qemu.spec.in
index 273e9688..cb671758 100644
--- a/qemu.spec.in
+++ b/qemu.spec.in
@@ -699,6 +699,8 @@ network adapters available with QEMU.
 %package ksm
 Summary:        Kernel Samepage Merging services
 Group:          System/Emulators/PC
+Requires(pre):  coreutils
+Requires(post): coreutils
 
 %description ksm
 Kernel Samepage Merging (KSM) is a memory-saving de-duplication feature, that