diff --git a/0ad.spec b/0ad.spec
index 404e4b2..9141f10 100644
--- a/0ad.spec
+++ b/0ad.spec
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ BuildRequires:	SDL2-devel
 BuildRequires:	subversion
 BuildRequires:	valgrind-devel
 BuildRequires:	wxGTK3-devel
+BuildRequires:	/usr/bin/python
 
 ExclusiveArch:	%{ix86} x86_64 %{arm} aarch64