diff --git a/phonon.spec b/phonon.spec
index 65b723f..f672e8a 100644
--- a/phonon.spec
+++ b/phonon.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Summary: Multimedia framework api
 Name:    phonon
 Version: 4.4.0
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 Group:   System Environment/Libraries
 License: LGPLv2+
 URL:     http://phonon.kde.org/
@@ -44,8 +44,10 @@ BuildRequires: qt4-devel
 BuildRequires: xine-lib-devel
 BuildRequires: pulseaudio-libs-devel >= 0.9.15
 
-Requires: phonon-backend%{?_isa} >= %{version}
+%global pulseaudio_version %(pkg-config --modversion libpulse 2>/dev/null || echo 0.9.15)
 
+Requires: phonon-backend%{?_isa} => %{version}
+Requires: pulseaudio-libs%{?_isa} >= %{pulseaudio_version}
 Requires: qt4%{?_isa} >= %{_qt4_version}
 
 %description
@@ -195,6 +197,9 @@ gtk-update-icon-cache %{_kde4_iconsdir}/hicolor &> /dev/null ||:
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Apr 01 2010 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 4.4.0-3
+- add minimal pulseaudio runtime dep
+
 * Wed Mar 17 2010 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 4.4.0-2
 - pa glib/qt eventloop patch (kde#228324)