diff --git a/binutils.spec b/binutils.spec
index 07da88f..8200aab 100644
--- a/binutils.spec
+++ b/binutils.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Summary: A GNU collection of binary utilities
 Name: binutils%{?_with_debug:-debug}
 Version: 2.41
-Release: 51%{?dist}
+Release: 51%{?dist}.alma.1
 License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND (GPL-3.0-or-later WITH Bison-exception-2.2) AND (LGPL-2.0-or-later WITH GCC-exception-2.0) AND BSD-3-Clause AND GFDL-1.3-or-later AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later
 URL: https://sourceware.org/binutils
 
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ URL: https://sourceware.org/binutils
 %else
 # RISC-V does not have ld.gold thus disable by default.
 %bcond_with gold
+BuildRequires: bison
 %endif
 
 # Default: Not bootstrapping.
@@ -1408,6 +1409,9 @@ exit 0
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 %changelog
+* Sun Jan 19 2025 Andrew Lukoshko <alukoshko@almalinux.org> - 2.41-51.alma.1
+- Add bison to BuildRequires for RISC-V unconditionally
+
 * Mon Dec 02 2024 Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com> - 2.41-51
 - Fix AArch64 linker testsuite problems.