diff --git a/abiword.spec b/abiword.spec
index 1009993..8e24a0c 100644
--- a/abiword.spec
+++ b/abiword.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 Summary: The AbiWord word processor
 Name: abiword
 Version: %{majorversion}.%{minorversion}.%{microversion}
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 Epoch: 1
 Group: Applications/Editors
 License: GPLv2+
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Source12: abiword.keys
 Source13: abiword.xml
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
 URL: http://www.abisource.com/
+Requires: libabiword = %{epoch}:%{version}-%{release}
 
 %description
 AbiWord is a cross-platform Open Source word processor. It is full-featured,
@@ -178,6 +179,9 @@ update-desktop-database %{_datadir}/applications > /dev/null 2>&1 || :
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/%{name}-%{majorversion}.%{minorversion}.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Aug 24 2009 Marc Maurer <uwog@abisource.com> - 1:2.7.9-2
+- Make abiword depend on libabiword
+
 * Sun Aug 23 2009 Marc Maurer <uwog@abisource.com> - 1:2.7.9-1
 - New upstream version