diff --git a/glassfish-hk2.spec b/glassfish-hk2.spec
index fa8a506..950c361 100644
--- a/glassfish-hk2.spec
+++ b/glassfish-hk2.spec
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ BuildRequires: mvn(aopalliance:aopalliance)
 BuildRequires: mvn(args4j:args4j)
 BuildRequires: mvn(com.google.inject:guice)
 BuildRequires: mvn(com.sun.codemodel:codemodel)
+BuildRequires: mvn(javax.el:javax.el-api)
 BuildRequires: mvn(javax.enterprise:cdi-api)
 BuildRequires: mvn(javax.inject:javax.inject)
 BuildRequires: mvn(junit:junit)