diff --git a/redis.changes b/redis.changes
index 904f72a..f7dcfc6 100644
--- a/redis.changes
+++ b/redis.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Feb 12 07:41:34 UTC 2015 - lang@b1-systems.de
+
+- redis requires sudo for the systemv-init script. 
+  As of openSUSE 13.2 sudo is not implicitly included in the dependency tree.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Dec  6 02:20:25 UTC 2014 - mrueckert@suse.de
 
diff --git a/redis.spec b/redis.spec
index e9453e7..ef676c6 100644
--- a/redis.spec
+++ b/redis.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package redis
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2014 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Patch2:         redis-enable-bactrace-on-x86-and-ia64-only.patch
 BuildRequires:  procps
 BuildRequires:  tcl
 Requires:       logrotate
+Requires:       sudo
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description