diff --git a/gvfs.spec b/gvfs.spec
index 95ed274..42876ae 100644
--- a/gvfs.spec
+++ b/gvfs.spec
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ BuildRequires: intltool
 BuildRequires: gettext-devel
 BuildRequires: GConf2-devel
 BuildRequires: gnome-disk-utility-devel >= 0.3
+# This is a hack until the xfce4-notifyd dependency issue is fixed
+# https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/ticket/1788
+BuildRequires: notification-daemon
 
 
 Requires(post): desktop-file-utils