diff --git a/xorg-x11-server.changes b/xorg-x11-server.changes
index 4bf1ed3..4ae97a3 100644
--- a/xorg-x11-server.changes
+++ b/xorg-x11-server.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Nov  5 21:40:57 UTC 2016 - zaitor@opensuse.org
+
+- Exchange xorg-x11-fonts-core Requires for Recommends. The
+  corefonts and cursors are not strickly required as long as one
+  have a substitute such as Adwaita installed.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jul 19 22:44:59 UTC 2016 - tobias.johannes.klausmann@mni.thm.de
 
diff --git a/xorg-x11-server.spec b/xorg-x11-server.spec
index 27d0fd3..8651cc4 100644
--- a/xorg-x11-server.spec
+++ b/xorg-x11-server.spec
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ Name:           xorg-x11-server
 %define dirsuffix 1.18.4
 
 Summary:        X
+# Source URL: http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/xserver/
 License:        MIT
 Group:          System/X11/Servers/XF86_4
-# Source URL: http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/xserver/
 Source0:        xorg-server-%{dirsuffix}.tar.bz2
 Source1:        sysconfig.displaymanager.template
 Source2:        README.updates
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ Requires(pre):  %fillup_prereq
 %endif
 Requires:       pkgconfig
 Requires:       xkbcomp
-Requires:       xorg-x11-fonts-core
+Recommends:     xorg-x11-fonts-core
 %ifnarch s390 s390x
 Requires:       libpixman-1-0 >= 0.24
 %(cat %{SOURCE91})
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ Group:          System/X11/Servers/XF86_4
 Requires:       Mesa
 Requires:       xkbcomp
 Requires:       xkeyboard-config
-Requires:       xorg-x11-fonts-core
+Recommends:     xorg-x11-fonts-core
 Provides:       xorg-x11-Xnest
 Obsoletes:      xorg-x11-Xnest
 
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ Summary:        Xwayland Xserver
 Group:          System/X11/Servers/XF86_4
 Requires:       xkbcomp
 Requires:       xkeyboard-config
-Requires:       xorg-x11-fonts-core
+Recommends:     xorg-x11-fonts-core
 
 %description wayland
 This package contains the Xserver running on the Wayland Display Server.