diff --git a/ceph.spec.in b/ceph.spec.in
index caaab5945ae..4b3de498a51 100644
--- a/ceph.spec.in
+++ b/ceph.spec.in
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ Summary:	Ceph fuse-based client
 %if 0%{?suse_version}
 Group:		System/Filesystems
 %endif
+Requires:       fuse
 %description fuse
 FUSE based client for Ceph distributed network file system