diff --git a/gnome-backgrounds.spec b/gnome-backgrounds.spec
index 4de9519..36ce0d4 100644
--- a/gnome-backgrounds.spec
+++ b/gnome-backgrounds.spec
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Source0: %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
 BuildArch: noarch
 BuildRequires: gettext
+BuildRequires: perl-XML-Parser
 
 Patch0: gnome-backgrounds-2.14.0-paths.patch