diff --git a/ceph-ansible.spec.in b/ceph-ansible.spec.in
index 6e91f68bc5..3278021064 100644
--- a/ceph-ansible.spec.in
+++ b/ceph-ansible.spec.in
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ Source0:        %{name}-%{version}-%{shortcommit}.tar.gz
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
-BuildRequires: ansible
+BuildRequires: ansible >= 2.2.0.0
 BuildRequires: python2-devel
 
-Requires: ansible
+Requires: ansible >= 2.2.0.0
 
 %description
 Ansible playbooks for Ceph