diff --git a/setroubleshoot.spec b/setroubleshoot.spec
index cb2f30f..6e623df 100644
--- a/setroubleshoot.spec
+++ b/setroubleshoot.spec
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ BuildRequires: intltool gettext python3 python3-devel
 BuildRequires: desktop-file-utils dbus-glib-devel gtk2-devel libnotify-devel libselinux-devel polkit-devel
 BuildRequires: audit-libs-devel >= 3.0.1
 BuildRequires: python3-libselinux python3-dasbus python3-gobject gtk3-devel
+# for the _tmpfilesdir macro
+BuildRequires: systemd-rpm-macros
 Requires: %{name}-server = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires: gtk3, libnotify
 Requires: libreport-gtk >= 2.2.1-2, python3-libreport