diff --git a/suse-module-tools.spec b/suse-module-tools.spec
index 6181120..3f76ebb 100644
--- a/suse-module-tools.spec
+++ b/suse-module-tools.spec
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ Requires:       coreutils
 Requires:       findutils
 Requires:       grep
 Requires:       gzip
-Requires:       kmod-compat
+# module-init-tools in older distros, kmod-compat in later ones
+Requires:       /sbin/depmod
 Requires:       rpm
 Requires:       sed
 # For SLE11-SP4