diff --git a/python-netaddr.spec b/python-netaddr.spec
index 3cf40e1..453ea33 100644
--- a/python-netaddr.spec
+++ b/python-netaddr.spec
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ URL:            http://github.com/drkjam/netaddr
 Source0:        https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/n/netaddr/netaddr-%{version}.tar.gz
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
-Requires:       python3-ipython
+Recommends:     python3-ipython
 # sphinx is python3-only f31 onward
 # https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Sphinx2
 BuildRequires:  python3-sphinx