diff --git a/gobject-introspection.spec b/gobject-introspection.spec
index 7807ff8..6c4e2c9 100644
--- a/gobject-introspection.spec
+++ b/gobject-introspection.spec
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ BuildRequires:  bison
 BuildRequires:  libffi-devel
 BuildRequires:  chrpath
 BuildRequires:  mesa-libGL-devel
+BuildRequires:  cairo-devel
 
 # For autogen
 BuildRequires:  gnome-common