diff --git a/akonadi.spec b/akonadi.spec
index 67966c1..7a23615 100644
--- a/akonadi.spec
+++ b/akonadi.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: PIM Storage Service
 Name:    akonadi
 Version: 1.0.0
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 
 Group:   System Environment/Libraries
 License: LGPLv2+
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ BuildRequires: mysql-server
 BuildRequires: libxslt
 BuildRequires: shared-mime-info
 
-Requires: qt4-mysql
+# when/if akonadi grows support for other backends, consider splitting
+# these similar to how phonon is done currently.
+Requires: qt4-mysql mysql-server
 
 Requires(post): /sbin/ldconfig
 Requires(postun): /sbin/ldconfig
@@ -84,6 +86,9 @@ update-mime-database %{_datadir}/mime &> /dev/null || :
 %{_libdir}/libakonadi*.so
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jul 30 2008 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> 1.0.0-3
+- Requires: mysql-server
+
 * Wed Jul 30 2008 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> 1.0.0-2
 - BR: mysql-server
 - Requires: qt-mysql