--- TagsCheck.py
+++ TagsCheck.py
@@ -406,6 +406,7 @@ invalid_version_regex=re.compile('([0-9](?:rc|alpha|beta|pre).*)', re.IGNORECASE
 forbidden_words_regex=re.compile('(' + Config.getOption('ForbiddenWords') + ')', re.IGNORECASE)
 valid_buildhost_regex=re.compile(Config.getOption('ValidBuildHost'))
 epoch_regex=re.compile('^[0-9]+:')
+valid_filedep_regex=re.compile('(?:/s?bin/|^/etc/|^/usr/lib/sendmail$)')
 use_epoch=Config.getOption('UseEpoch', 0)
 use_utf8=Config.getOption('UseUTF8', Config.USEUTF8_DEFAULT)
 macro_regex=re.compile('^%(?:[\{\(]|\w{3,})')
@@ -490,6 +491,9 @@ class TagsCheck(AbstractCheck.AbstractCheck):
             if d[0].startswith('/usr/bin/env'):
                 printWarning(pkg, 'invalid-dependency', d[0])
 
+            if d[0].startswith('/') and not valid_filedep_regex.search(d[0]):
+                printWarning(pkg, 'invalid-filepath-dependency', d[0])
+
             if not devel_depend and not is_devel and not is_source:
                 if FilesCheck.devel_regex.search(d[0]):
                     printError(pkg, 'devel-dependency', d[0])
@@ -866,6 +870,12 @@ once.''',
 'obsolete-on-name',
 '''A package should not obsolete itself, as it can cause weird errors in tools.''',
 
+'invalid-filepath-dependency',
+'''A package has a file or path based dependency that is not resolveable for 
+package solvers because it is not in the whitelist for path based dependencies
+and therefore not available in repository metadata. Please use a symbolic requires
+instead or require a file in bin or /etc.''',
+
 'tag-not-utf8',
 '''The character encoding of the value of this tag is not UTF-8.''',