diff --git a/libpwquality.spec b/libpwquality.spec
index b723a50..277d8ef 100644
--- a/libpwquality.spec
+++ b/libpwquality.spec
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 Summary: A library for password generation and password quality checking
 Name: libpwquality
 Version: 1.4.4
-Release: 5%{?dist}
+Release: 6%{?dist}
 # The package is BSD licensed with option to relicense as GPLv2+
 # - this option is redundant as the BSD license allows that anyway.
 License: BSD or GPLv2+
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ Source0: https://github.com/libpwquality/libpwquality/releases/download/libpwqua
 %global _moduledir %{_libdir}/security
 %global _secconfdir %{_sysconfdir}/security
 
-Requires: cracklib-dicts >= 2.8
+Requires: (cracklib-dicts >= 2.8 if passwd)
+Requires: (cracklib-dicts >= 2.8 if cryptsetup)
 Requires: pam%{?_isa}
 BuildRequires: gcc make
 BuildRequires: cracklib-devel
@@ -178,6 +179,9 @@ mkdir $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_secconfdir}/pwquality.conf.d
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Aug 11 2021 Paul Wouters <paul.wouters@aiven.io> - 1.4.4-6
+- Resolves: rhbz#1992607 libpwquality: regression in minimal image size because of hard dependency on cracklib-dicts
+
 * Thu Jul 22 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.4.4-5
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_35_Mass_Rebuild