diff --git a/gnome-software.spec b/gnome-software.spec
index 41637a4..63ec4e2 100644
--- a/gnome-software.spec
+++ b/gnome-software.spec
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ BuildRequires: PackageKit-glib-devel >= 0.8.10
 BuildRequires: libsoup-devel
 BuildRequires: gnome-desktop3-devel
 BuildRequires: gsettings-desktop-schemas-devel
+BuildRequires: libappstream-glib-devel
 
 # this is not a library version
 %define gs_plugin_version               3