diff --git a/htop.spec b/htop.spec
index 9979ec2..7fd5777 100644
--- a/htop.spec
+++ b/htop.spec
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Patch0:         %{name}-0.8.1-nonprint.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 BuildRequires:  desktop-file-utils
-BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel
+BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel, python
 
 %description
 htop is an interactive text-mode process viewer for Linux, similar to