diff --git a/tcsh.spec b/tcsh.spec
index 740b7a5..385aa2f 100644
--- a/tcsh.spec
+++ b/tcsh.spec
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Requires(post): grep
 Requires(postun): coreutils, grep
 URL: http://www.tcsh.org/
 Buildroot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
-BuildRequires: autoconf, ncurses-devel
+BuildRequires: autoconf, automake, ncurses-devel
 
 %description
 Tcsh is an enhanced but completely compatible version of csh, the C