diff --git a/pkglistgen/tool.py b/pkglistgen/tool.py
index 9854691c..c725e5e6 100644
--- a/pkglistgen/tool.py
+++ b/pkglistgen/tool.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import shutil
 import subprocess
 import yaml
 
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+
 from typing import Any, Mapping, Optional
 
 from lxml import etree as ET
@@ -743,6 +745,22 @@ class PkgListGen(ToolBase.ToolBase):
 
         file_utils.multibuild_from_glob(release_dir, '*.spec')
         self.build_stub(release_dir, 'spec')
+
+        todo_spec_files = []
+        package = Package(release_dir)
+        if package.get_status(False, ' '):
+            todo_spec_files = glob.glob(os.path.join(release_dir, '*.spec'))
+        for spec_file in todo_spec_files:
+            changes_file = os.path.splitext(spec_file)[0] + '.changes'
+            with open(changes_file, 'w', encoding="utf-8") as f:
+                date = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+                date = date.strftime("%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Z %Y")
+                f.write(
+                    "-------------------------------------------------------------------\n"
+                    + date + " - openSUSE <packaging@lists.opensuse.org>\n\n"
+                    "- automatically generated by openSUSE-release-tools/pkglistgen\n\n"
+                )
+
         self.commit_package(release_dir)
 
         if only_release_packages: