diff --git a/spl-modules.spec.in b/spl-modules.spec.in
index 7e01b2ce2..ace5cbcd6 100644
--- a/spl-modules.spec.in
+++ b/spl-modules.spec.in
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ Summary:         Solaris Porting Layer Modules
 Group:           Utilities/System
 Name:            %{name}
 Version:         %{version}
-Release:         %{release}%{?dist}
+Release:         %{release}
 License:         @LICENSE@
 URL:             git://github.com/zfsonlinux/spl.git
 BuildRoot:       %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-%(%{__id} -un)
diff --git a/spl.spec.in b/spl.spec.in
index 7ade5f163..673cf129f 100644
--- a/spl.spec.in
+++ b/spl.spec.in
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ License:         @LICENSE@
 URL:             git://github.com/zfsonlinux/spl.git
 BuildRoot:       %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-%(%{__id} -un)
 Source:          %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Requires:        spl-modules
 
 %description
 The %{name} package contains the support utilities for the spl.