diff --git a/curl.spec b/curl.spec
index 7d58071..353e082 100644
--- a/curl.spec
+++ b/curl.spec
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ BuildRequires: perl(Pod::Usage)
 BuildRequires: perl(strict)
 BuildRequires: perl(warnings)
 
+# needed for test1560 to succeed
+BuildRequires: glibc-langpack-en
+
 # gnutls-serv is used by the upstream test-suite
 BuildRequires: gnutls-utils