diff --git a/akonadi.spec b/akonadi.spec
index 66bff3b..d74cef4 100644
--- a/akonadi.spec
+++ b/akonadi.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: PIM Storage Service
 Name:    akonadi
 Version: 1.0.80
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 
 Group:   System Environment/Libraries
 License: LGPLv2+
@@ -22,9 +22,8 @@ BuildRequires: boost-devel
 # when/if akonadi grows support for other backends, consider splitting
 # these similar to how phonon is done currently.
 Requires: qt4-mysql
-# not *strictly* required, leave out for now, until we have something in
-# fedora that actively uses akonadi.
-#Requires(hint): mysql-server
+# not *strictly* required, but we need a functional default configuration
+Requires(hint): mysql-server
 
 Requires(post): /sbin/ldconfig
 Requires(postun): /sbin/ldconfig
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ Akonadi can spawn a per-user one automatically if the mysql-server
 package is installed on the machine.
 See also: %{_sysconfdir}/akonadi/mysql-global.conf
 
-
 %package devel
 Summary: Developer files for %{name}
 Group:   Development/Libraries
@@ -105,6 +103,9 @@ update-mime-database %{_datadir}/mime &> /dev/null || :
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Dec 08 2008 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 1.0.80-3
+- restore Requires: mysql-server
+
 * Mon Dec 01 2008 Kevin Kofler <Kevin@tigcc.ticalc.org> - 1.0.80-2
 - own /usr/share/akonadi and /usr/share/akonadi/agents (#473595)