diff --git a/rpmlint.spec b/rpmlint.spec
index 1950820..958c90d 100644
--- a/rpmlint.spec
+++ b/rpmlint.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           rpmlint
 Version:        1.4
-Release:        10%{?dist}
+Release:        11%{?dist}
 Summary:        Tool for checking common errors in RPM packages
 
 Group:          Development/Tools
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ Requires:       desktop-file-utils
 Requires:       gzip
 Requires:       bzip2
 Requires:       xz
+# Needed for man page check in FilesCheck.py
+Requires:	%{_bindir}/groff
 
 %description
 rpmlint is a tool for checking common errors in RPM packages.  Binary
@@ -108,6 +110,9 @@ make check
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Nov  6 2012 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 1.4-11
+- add Requires: %{_bindir}/groff for man page checks (bz 873448)
+
 * Thu Sep  6 2012 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 1.4-10
 - fix handling of ruby RI files as text files (they are binary files)
 - apply upstream fix for macro regexp