diff --git a/rpmlint.spec b/rpmlint.spec
index b61229b..c6ab6d4 100644
--- a/rpmlint.spec
+++ b/rpmlint.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:		rpmlint
 Version:	2.1.0
-Release:	4%{?dist}
+Release:	5%{?dist}
 Summary:	Tool for checking common errors in RPM packages
 License:	GPLv2
 URL:		https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpmlint
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ BuildRequires:	%{py3_dist zstd}
 Requires:	devscripts-checkbashisms, dash, rpm-build
 # Technically works without it, but results are better with it.
 Requires:	/usr/bin/appstream-util
+Requires:	%{py3_dist pyenchant}
 # tests
 BuildRequires:	/usr/bin/appstream-util
 BuildRequires:	%{py3_dist pytest}
@@ -75,6 +76,9 @@ cp -a %{SOURCE1} %{SOURCE2} %{SOURCE3} %{SOURCE4} %{SOURCE5} %{buildroot}%{_sysc
 %{python3_sitelib}/rpmlint*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Oct  5 2021 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 2.1.0-5
+- add explicit Requires for pyenchant
+
 * Thu Sep 16 2021 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 2.1.0-4
 - fix rpmlintrc load from cmdline option (bz2000018)