--- FilesCheck.py
+++ FilesCheck.py
@@ -837,6 +837,8 @@ class FilesCheck(AbstractCheck.AbstractCheck):
             logrotate_file=res or logrotate_file
             if res and res.group(1) != pkg.name:
                 printError(pkg, 'incoherent-logrotate-file', f)
+            if (f.startswith('/etc/cron.') or res) and not ('cron' in pkg.requires()):
+                printError(pkg, 'missing-dependency-to-cron', "for logrotate script", f)
             link=enreg[3]
             if link != '':
                 ext=compr_regex.search(link)
@@ -1468,6 +1470,12 @@ packaged as arch dependent, or something else.  Verify what the case is, and
 if there's no way to produce useful debuginfo out of it, disable creation of
 the debuginfo package.''',
 
+'missing-dependency-to-cron',
+'''This package installs a file in /etc/logrotate.d/ or in /etc/cron.*/ but
+doesn't require cron to be installed. as cron is not part of the essential packages,
+your package should explicitely require cron to make sure that your logrotate
+or cron job is executed.''',
+
 'read-error',
 '''This file could not be read.  A reason for this could be that the info about
 it in the rpm header indicates that it is supposed to be a readable normal file