diff --git a/at-spi.spec b/at-spi.spec
index dee5b7b..bc954a7 100644
--- a/at-spi.spec
+++ b/at-spi.spec
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ BuildRequires: gail-devel >= %{gail_version}
 BuildRequires: fontconfig
 BuildRequires: autoconf
 BuildRequires: gettext
+BuildRequires: perl-XML-Parser
 BuildRequires: libX11-devel
 BuildRequires: libXtst-devel
 BuildRequires: libXi-devel, libXevie-devel