diff --git a/gedit-plugins.spec b/gedit-plugins.spec
index 2b054c9..8073226 100644
--- a/gedit-plugins.spec
+++ b/gedit-plugins.spec
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ BuildRequires:  pygobject3-devel
 BuildRequires:  intltool
 BuildRequires:  libpeas-devel
 BuildRequires:  dbus-python-devel
+BuildRequires:  vte3-devel
 Requires:       gedit
 Requires:       pygobject3
 # these are needed for gobject-introspection