diff --git a/gnome-menus.spec b/gnome-menus.spec
index ea40b34..fea494f 100644
--- a/gnome-menus.spec
+++ b/gnome-menus.spec
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ BuildRequires: glib2-devel >= 2.15.2
 BuildRequires: perl(XML::Parser)
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig
 BuildRequires: python2-devel >= 2.3.0
+BuildRequires: intltool
 
 %description
 gnome-menus is an implementation of the draft "Desktop