diff --git a/rpm-ostree.spec b/rpm-ostree.spec
index 3094e8b..5a24d1d 100644
--- a/rpm-ostree.spec
+++ b/rpm-ostree.spec
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ BuildRequires: pkgconfig(libgsystem)
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(json-glib-1.0)
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(rpm)
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(hawkey)
+BuildRequires: pkgconfig(libhif)
 BuildRequires: libcap-devel
 
 # For now only treecompose requires this