diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bcf8a142c2..c64d9a7a26 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-Mon Dec 17 18:03:00 UTC 2007 Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
+Mon Dec 17 18:04:00 EST 2007 Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
+
+	* libvirt.spec.in: Added dep on 'nc'
+
+Mon Dec 17 18:03:00 EST 2007 Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
 
 	* src/xend_internal.c: Compatability with Xen 3.2.0 changed
 	fields for physinfo data used by virNodeInfoPtr.
diff --git a/libvirt.spec.in b/libvirt.spec.in
index 6e7d064ebb..b6c56f3e16 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec.in
+++ b/libvirt.spec.in
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ Requires: ncurses
 Requires: dnsmasq
 Requires: bridge-utils
 Requires: iptables
+# So remote clients can access libvirt over SSH tunnel
+# (client invokes 'nc' against the UNIX socket on the server)
+Requires: nc
 Requires: cyrus-sasl
 # Not technically required, but makes 'out-of-box' config
 # work correctly & doesn't have onerous dependancies