diff --git a/fwupd.spec b/fwupd.spec
index 67afe3f..72e169f 100644
--- a/fwupd.spec
+++ b/fwupd.spec
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Source0:   http://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/releases/%{name}-%{version}.
 BuildRequires: gettext
 BuildRequires: glib2-devel >= %{glib2_version}
 BuildRequires: libappstream-glib-devel >= %{libappstream_version}
+BuildRequires: libgcab1-devel
 BuildRequires: libgudev1-devel
 BuildRequires: libgusb-devel >= %{libgusb_version}
 BuildRequires: libsoup-devel >= %{libsoup_version}