diff --git a/nmap.spec b/nmap.spec
index 7d87f69..c305396 100644
--- a/nmap.spec
+++ b/nmap.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Name: nmap
 Epoch: 2
 Version: 6.01
 #global prerelease TEST5
-Release: 6%{?dist}
+Release: 7%{?dist}
 # nmap is GPLv2
 # zenmap is GPLv2 and LGPLv2+ (zenmap/higwidgets) and GPLv2+ (zenmap/radialnet)
 # libdnet-stripped is BSD (advertising clause rescinded by the Univ. of California in 1999) with some parts as Public Domain (crc32)
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ Source3: zenmap-root.consoleapps
 # TEMPORARY - obsoleting nc caused troubles for libvirt, because ncat does not support
 # unix sockets, use wrapper with socat failback when unix sockets are required
 Source4: nc
-Requires: socat
 
 #prevent possible race condition for shtool, rhbz#158996
 Patch1: nmap-4.03-mktemp.patch
@@ -72,6 +71,7 @@ Group:   Applications/System
 Summary: Nmap's Netcat replacement
 Obsoletes: nc < 1.109.20120711-2
 Provides: nc
+Requires: socat
 %description ncat
 Ncat is a feature packed networking utility which will read and
 write data across a network from the command line.  It uses both
@@ -216,6 +216,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_mandir}/man1/xnmap.1.gz
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Oct 02 2012 Petr Šabata <contyk@redhat.com> - 2:6.01-7
+- Move the socat dependency to the ncat subpackage (#858733)
+
 * Wed Sep 19 2012 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink@redhat.com> - 2:6.01-6
 - shutdown socket on EOF (#845075)