diff --git a/gnome-doc-utils.spec b/gnome-doc-utils.spec
index dcf4403..ac5f12f 100644
--- a/gnome-doc-utils.spec
+++ b/gnome-doc-utils.spec
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Requires: gnome-doc-utils-stylesheets = %{version}-%{release}
 
 BuildRequires: libxml2-devel >= 2.6.12
 BuildRequires: libxslt-devel >= 1.1.8
+BuildRequires: libxml2-python
 
 BuildRequires: intltool
 BuildRequires: gettext
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %changelog
 * Mon Jun 29 2009 Matthew Barnes <mbarnes@redhat.com> - 0.17.2-1
 - Update to 0.17.2
+- Require libxml2-python for building.
 
 * Mon Jun 15 2009 Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com> - 0.17.1-1
 - Update to 0.17.1