diff --git a/gedit-plugins.spec b/gedit-plugins.spec
index b22530b..4b672f2 100644
--- a/gedit-plugins.spec
+++ b/gedit-plugins.spec
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Patch0:         gedit-plugins-disable-python3.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  gedit-devel
 BuildRequires:  gnome-doc-utils
+BuildRequires:  gucharmap-devel
 BuildRequires:  perl(XML::Parser)
 BuildRequires:  gettext
 BuildRequires:  cairo-devel