diff --git a/bti.spec b/bti.spec
index 1fe698c..88ed383 100644
--- a/bti.spec
+++ b/bti.spec
@@ -22,7 +22,12 @@ BuildRequires:  libcurl-devel
 %endif
 # for building from github
 # BuildRequires:  autoconf automake
-BuildRequires:  liboauth-devel libxml2-devel pcre-devel
+# Not using pkgconfig(...) deps yet since we're still supporting EL5
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
+BuildRequires:  liboauth-devel
+BuildRequires:  pcre-devel
+BuildRequires:  libxml2-devel
+BuildRequires:  json-c-devel
 
 %description
 Allows you to pipe your bash input to twitter or identi.ca in an easy