diff --git a/python-packaging.changes b/python-packaging.changes
index 44cbd4a..88dc419 100644
--- a/python-packaging.changes
+++ b/python-packaging.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue May  2 08:41:19 UTC 2017 - dmueller@suse.com
+
+- fix pyparsing requirement
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Feb 23 11:45:52 UTC 2017 - jmatejek@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-packaging.spec b/python-packaging.spec
index c3f2ac2..4a85bd5 100644
--- a/python-packaging.spec
+++ b/python-packaging.spec
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pretend}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
 %endif
-Requires:       python-pyparsing
+# older versions produce:
+#   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/packaging/requirements.py", line 59, in <module>
+#    MARKER_EXPR = originalTextFor(MARKER_EXPR())("marker")
+# TypeError: __call__() takes exactly 2 arguments (1 given)
+Requires:       python-pyparsing >= 2.2.0
 Requires:       python-six
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildArch:      noarch