diff --git a/qutebrowser.spec b/qutebrowser.spec
index 6d8488c..00e26f4 100644
--- a/qutebrowser.spec
+++ b/qutebrowser.spec
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ BuildRequires:  python3-devel >= 3.6
 BuildRequires:  python3-pyPEG2
 BuildRequires:  python3-qt5 >= 5.2
 BuildRequires:  python3-sip
+# force sqlite backend to be installed, otherwise qtbrowser segfaults bsc#1126269
+Requires:       libqt5-sql-sqlite
 Requires:       python3-Jinja2
 Requires:       python3-MarkupSafe
 Requires:       python3-PyYAML