diff --git a/open-vm-tools.spec b/open-vm-tools.spec
index 0e1a897..1363776 100644
--- a/open-vm-tools.spec
+++ b/open-vm-tools.spec
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 Name:             open-vm-tools
 Version:          %{toolsversion}
-Release:          2%{?dist}
+Release:          3%{?dist}
 Summary:          Open Virtual Machine Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware
 Group:            Applications/System
 License:          GPLv2
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ Requires:         sed
 Requires:         systemd
 Requires:         tar
 Requires:         which
+# xmlsec1-openssl needs to be added explicitly
+Requires:         xmlsec1-openssl
 
 # open-vm-tools >= 10.0.0 do not require open-vm-tools-deploypkg
 # provided by VMware. That functionality is now available as part
@@ -295,6 +297,9 @@ fi
 %{_libdir}/libvmtools.so
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Mar 16 2017 Ravindra Kumar <ravindrakumar@vmware.com> - 10.1.5-3
+- Need to add xmlsec1-openssl dependency explicitly.
+
 * Tue Feb 28 2017 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 10.1.5-2
 - Use 0644 permissions for udev rules file.