diff --git a/openbox.spec b/openbox.spec
index f91682d..0d243ab 100644
--- a/openbox.spec
+++ b/openbox.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:		openbox
 Version:	3.5.0
-Release:	7%{?dist}
+Release:	8%{?dist}
 Summary:	A highly configurable and standards-compliant X11 window manager
 
 Group:		User Interface/Desktops
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ Requires:	%{name}-libs = %{version}-%{release}
 
 # required by xdg-menu and xdg-autostart scripts
 Requires:	pyxdg
+# as discussed in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/860997
+Requires:       redhat-menus
 
 BuildRequires:	gettext
 BuildRequires:	desktop-file-utils
@@ -228,6 +230,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Sep 28 2012 Christoph Wickert <cwickert@fedoraproject.org> - 3.5.0-8
+- Require redhat-menus (#860997)
+
 * Fri Jul 20 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 3.5.0-7
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild