diff --git a/tpm2.0-tools.changes b/tpm2.0-tools.changes
index 3fa6e06..646681f 100644
--- a/tpm2.0-tools.changes
+++ b/tpm2.0-tools.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jul 20 13:50:28 UTC 2017 - matthias.gerstner@suse.com
+
+- added the new abrmd package to recommends, because the tools will otherwise
+  not function
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jun 29 09:45:45 UTC 2017 - matthias.gerstner@suse.com
 
diff --git a/tpm2.0-tools.spec b/tpm2.0-tools.spec
index a69cd75..4ba41a4 100644
--- a/tpm2.0-tools.spec
+++ b/tpm2.0-tools.spec
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  tpm2-0-tss-devel
 BuildRequires:  unzip
+Recommends:     tpm2.0-abrmd
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description