diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 8ad9800f..a15f2ce9 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Depends:
     xinit,
     x11-xserver-utils,
     qubes-core-agent (>= 3.0.14),
-    qubesdb-vm,
+    qubesdb-vm (>= 4.1.4),
     libxdamage1,
     libxcomposite1,
     libxt6,
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ Description: X input driver for injecting events from qubes-gui-agent
 Package: pulseaudio-qubes
 Architecture: any
 Depends:
+    qubesdb-vm (>= 4.1.4),
     pulseaudio,
     libpulse0,
     ${shlibs:Depends},
diff --git a/rpm_spec/gui-agent.spec.in b/rpm_spec/gui-agent.spec.in
index 4c172150..c09bbee8 100644
--- a/rpm_spec/gui-agent.spec.in
+++ b/rpm_spec/gui-agent.spec.in
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ Requires:	Xorg %(xserver-sdk-abi-requires videodrv)
 Requires:	qubes-core-vm >= 3.0.14
 Requires:	xorg-x11-xinit
 Requires:	qubes-libvchan-@BACKEND_VMM@
+# qubesdb-read --wait option
+Requires:	qubes-db >= 4.1.4
 Requires:	python%{python3_pkgversion}-xcffib
 Requires:   xorg-x11-utils
 Requires:   xorg-x11-server-Xorg