diff --git a/spice-gtk.spec b/spice-gtk.spec
index d17cf0c..065c906 100644
--- a/spice-gtk.spec
+++ b/spice-gtk.spec
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ URL:            http://spice-space.org/page/Spice-Gtk
 Source0:        http://www.spice-space.org/download/gtk/%{name}-%{version}%{?_version_suffix}.tar.bz2
 Patch1:         0001-clipboard-Fix-crash-by-handling-error.patch
 
+BuildRequires: git-core
 BuildRequires: intltool
 BuildRequires: usbredir-devel >= 0.5.2
 BuildRequires: libusb1-devel >= 1.0.9