diff --git a/gettext.spec b/gettext.spec
index 197c1f5..5e8826a 100644
--- a/gettext.spec
+++ b/gettext.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Summary: GNU libraries and utilities for producing multi-lingual messages
 Name: gettext
 Version: 0.18.1.1
-Release: 7%{?dist}
+Release: 8%{?dist}
 License: GPLv3+ and LGPLv2+
 Group: Development/Tools
 URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ BuildRequires: emacs
 BuildRequires: git
 %endif
 BuildRequires: chrpath
+#build requires gtk2 its pulled in automatically on some arches but not all.
+BuildRequires: gtk2
 Requires(post): info
 Requires(preun): info
 
@@ -326,6 +328,9 @@ fi
 %{_emacs_sitelispdir}/%{name}/*.el
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jun 08 2011 Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us> - 0.18.1.1-8
+- explicitly BuildRequire gtk2
+
 * Tue Feb 08 2011 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.18.1.1-7
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_15_Mass_Rebuild