diff --git a/containers-common.spec b/containers-common.spec
index 088e524..e652da0 100644
--- a/containers-common.spec
+++ b/containers-common.spec
@@ -20,8 +20,13 @@ Summary: Common configuration and documentation for containers
 License: ASL 2.0
 BuildArch: noarch
 BuildRequires: go-md2man
+%if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?centos} >= 8
 Recommends: fuse-overlayfs
 Recommends: slirp4netns
+%else
+Requires: fuse-overlayfs
+Requires: slirp4netns
+%endif
 Source1: %{github_containers}/common/%{common_branch}/docs/containers.conf.5.md
 Source2: %{github_containers}/common/%{common_branch}/pkg/config/containers.conf
 Source3: %{github_containers}/common/%{common_branch}/pkg/seccomp/seccomp.json