diff --git a/libXpm.spec b/libXpm.spec
index aaef724..9367c9a 100644
--- a/libXpm.spec
+++ b/libXpm.spec
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 Source0: ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/lib/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 
+BuildRequires: gettext
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig
 BuildRequires: xorg-x11-proto-devel
 BuildRequires: libX11-devel