diff --git a/debugedit.changes b/debugedit.changes
index d0d56dc..aec8c97 100644
--- a/debugedit.changes
+++ b/debugedit.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Nov 16 07:28:09 UTC 2022 - Ludwig Nussel <lnussel@suse.de>
+
+- don't hard require gdb (boo#1205344)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Sep  4 10:29:29 UTC 2022 - Andreas Stieger <andreas.stieger@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/debugedit.spec b/debugedit.spec
index b4bce18..5615bfb 100644
--- a/debugedit.spec
+++ b/debugedit.spec
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  help2man
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libdw)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libelf)
-Requires:       /usr/bin/gdb-add-index
+# /usr/bin/gdb-add-index is optional
+Suggests:       gdb
 Requires:       binutils
 Requires:       coreutils
 Requires:       dwz