diff --git a/itstool.spec b/itstool.spec
index b650e4f..766d22c 100644
--- a/itstool.spec
+++ b/itstool.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           itstool
 Version:        2.0.2
-Release:        4%{?dist}
+Release:        5%{?dist}
 Summary:        ITS-based XML translation tool
 
 Group:          Development/Tools
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Source0:        http://files.itstool.org/itstool/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
 BuildRequires:  libxml2-python
+BuildRequires:  python
 Requires:       libxml2-python
 
 %description
@@ -35,6 +36,9 @@ make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %doc %{_mandir}/man1/itstool.1.gz
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jan 18 2017 Merlin Mathesius <mmathesi@redhat.com> - 2.0.2-5
+- Add BuildRequires: python to fix FTBFS (BZ#1414545).
+
 * Thu Feb 04 2016 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.0.2-4
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_24_Mass_Rebuild