diff --git a/slurm.spec b/slurm.spec
index b9211090e0ac48290ecd5374ec574006965b34f2..1bf56166290fd7c1ce43cb9f3f43ce294b883863 100644
--- a/slurm.spec
+++ b/slurm.spec
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ SLURM switch plugin for Quadrics Elan3 or Elan4.
 %package slurmdbd
 Summary: SLURM database daemon
 Group: System Environment/Base
-Requires: slurm-plugins
+Requires: slurm-plugins slurm-sql
 %description slurmdbd
 SLURM database daemon