diff --git a/gnome-doc-utils.spec b/gnome-doc-utils.spec
index 3af66aa..8e88c1b 100644
--- a/gnome-doc-utils.spec
+++ b/gnome-doc-utils.spec
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
 BuildPrereq: libxml2-devel >= 2.6.12
 BuildPrereq: libxslt-devel >= 1.1.8
 BuildRequires: perl-XML-Parser
+BuildRequires: gettext
 Requires: libxml2 >= 2.6.12
 Requires: libxslt >= 1.1.8
 Requires: libxml2-python