diff --git a/linuxdoc-tools.spec b/linuxdoc-tools.spec
index 042e2b2..d3b7112 100644
--- a/linuxdoc-tools.spec
+++ b/linuxdoc-tools.spec
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires: flex flex-static sgml-common jade gawk groff autoconf texinfo
 #need actual perl directory structure
 BuildRequires: perl >= 4:5.10.1
+BuildRequires: perl-generators
 Requires: jade gawk groff
 Requires(post): %{_bindir}/texconfig-sys
 Requires(postun): %{_bindir}/texconfig-sys