diff --git a/czmq.spec b/czmq.spec
index b3a1799..83ff2aa 100644
--- a/czmq.spec
+++ b/czmq.spec
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ BuildRequires:  libuuid-devel
 BuildRequires:  zeromq-devel
 # --with-docs
 BuildRequires:  perl-interpreter
+BuildRequires:  perl(File::Basename)
 BuildRequires:  asciidoc
 BuildRequires:  xmlto