diff --git a/gedit.spec b/gedit.spec
index 27c54cf..bb32074 100644
--- a/gedit.spec
+++ b/gedit.spec
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ BuildRequires: gail-devel >= %{gail_version}
 BuildRequires: gtksourceview-devel >= %{gtksourceview_version}
 BuildRequires: scrollkeeper gettext
 BuildRequires: pygtk2-devel >= %{pygtk_version}
+BuildRequires: python-devel
 BuildRequires: gnome-python2-gtksourceview >= %{gnome_python_extras_version}
 
 Requires: libgnomeui >= %{libgnomeui_version}