diff --git a/zenity.spec b/zenity.spec
index d9734c4..b3aff67 100644
--- a/zenity.spec
+++ b/zenity.spec
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ BuildRequires: scrollkeeper
 BuildRequires: which
 BuildRequires: gettext
 BuildRequires: perl(XML::Parser)
+BuildRequires: intltool
 # for /usr/share/gnome/help, we should require yelp
 # but we don't to avoid forcing firefox and libbeagle on live cds
 # via anaconda -> zenity -> ...
@@ -35,6 +36,8 @@ from the same family as dialog, Xdialog, and cdialog.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 
+intltoolize --force
+
 %build
 %configure --disable-scrollkeeper
 make %{?_smp_mflags}