diff --git a/wine.changes b/wine.changes
index c8b3472..8defb47 100644
--- a/wine.changes
+++ b/wine.changes
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Fri Oct 12 18:48:04 UTC 2012 - meissner@suse.com
   - Support for persistent Internet cookies.
   - String optimizations in JavaScript.
   - Various bug fixes.
+- require wine-gecko >= 1.8
 
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 Fri Sep 28 21:25:04 UTC 2012 - meissner@suse.com
diff --git a/wine.spec b/wine.spec
index 66b234c..149139d 100644
--- a/wine.spec
+++ b/wine.spec
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Source7:        baselibs.conf
 # SUSE specific patches
 # - currently none, but add them here
 #Patch0:         susepatches.patch
-Recommends:     wine-gecko >= 1.7
+Recommends:     wine-gecko >= 1.8
 Recommends:     wine-mp3
 # not packaged in distro...
 Recommends:     wine-mono