diff --git a/gedit.spec b/gedit.spec
index e933952..84a66e4 100644
--- a/gedit.spec
+++ b/gedit.spec
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ BuildRequires: gnome-doc-utils >= %{gnome_doc_utils_version}
 BuildRequires: which
 BuildRequires: autoconf, automake, libtool
 BuildRequires: perl(XML::Parser)
+BuildRequires: intltool
 
 Requires: pygtk2 >= %{pygtk_version}
 Requires: pygobject2 >= %{pygtk_version}