diff --git a/hunspell.spec b/hunspell.spec
index 09186e1..c375859 100644
--- a/hunspell.spec
+++ b/hunspell.spec
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ URL:       https://github.com/hunspell/hunspell
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 License:   LGPLv2+ or GPLv2+ or MPLv1.1
 BuildRequires: ncurses-devel, gettext
+BuildRequires: perl-generators
 %ifarch %{ix86} x86_64
 BuildRequires: valgrind
 %endif