diff --git a/NetworkManager-l2tp.spec b/NetworkManager-l2tp.spec
index 7aa1f0c..1c87fbb 100644
--- a/NetworkManager-l2tp.spec
+++ b/NetworkManager-l2tp.spec
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ BuildRequires: pkgconfig
 BuildRequires: ppp-devel >= 2.5.0
 # ppp 2.5.0 patches require autoreconf, drop this when a new version
 # is released and those patches are dropped
-BuildRequires: autoconf automake
+BuildRequires: autoconf automake gettext-devel
 BuildRequires: libtool gettext
 BuildRequires: libsecret-devel
 BuildRequires: openssl-devel >= 1:1.1.0