diff --git a/alacarte.spec b/alacarte.spec
index 5eb661c..0d31c60 100644
--- a/alacarte.spec
+++ b/alacarte.spec
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Source0:        http://dev.realistanew.com/alacarte/releases/%{version}/%{name}-
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
-BuildRequires:  python-devel, intltool
+BuildRequires:  python-devel, intltool, gettext
 Requires: 	pyxdg >= 0.14
 Requires: 	pygtk2, gnome-python2-gconf 
 Obsoletes:      smeg