diff --git a/i3.spec b/i3.spec
index a0a4d24..1dace36 100644
--- a/i3.spec
+++ b/i3.spec
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ Requires:       dmenu
 Requires:       dzen2
 Requires:       perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_%(eval "`perl -V:version`"; echo $version))
 Requires:       i3status
+%{!?rhel:Recommends:     rxvt-unicode}
+%{!?rhel:Recommends:     xorg-x11-apps}
 Requires:       xorg-x11-fonts-misc
 
 %description