diff --git a/samba.changes b/samba.changes
index 6fc24b9..cd754ce 100644
--- a/samba.changes
+++ b/samba.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Nov 15 17:00:50 UTC 2017 - dmulder@suse.com
+
+- samba-tool requires samba-python; (bnc#1067771).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov  7 07:43:54 UTC 2017 - scabrero@suse.com
 
diff --git a/samba.spec b/samba.spec
index 8198969..dad89c5 100644
--- a/samba.spec
+++ b/samba.spec
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ Group:          Productivity/Networking/Samba
 Requires:       samba = %{version}
 Requires:       samba-dsdb-modules = %{version}
 Recommends:     krb5-server >= 1.15.1
-Recommends:     samba-python = %{version}
+Requires:       samba-python = %{version}
 Recommends:     samba-winbind = %{version}
 Recommends:     tdb-tools >= %{tdb_version}