diff --git a/gnome-screensaver.spec b/gnome-screensaver.spec
index e0dede0..d720066 100644
--- a/gnome-screensaver.spec
+++ b/gnome-screensaver.spec
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ BuildRequires: libXinerama-devel libXmu-devel
 # this is here because the configure tests look for protocol headers
 BuildRequires: xorg-x11-proto-devel
 BuildRequires: gettext
+BuildRequires: perl-XML-Parser
 Requires: gtk2 >= %{gtk2_version}
 Requires: gnome-vfs2 >= %{gnome_vfs2_version}
 Requires: libgnomeui >= %{libgnomeui_version}