diff --git a/hunspell.spec b/hunspell.spec
index 2a1e235..c15595f 100644
--- a/hunspell.spec
+++ b/hunspell.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Group:     System Environment/Libraries
 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: autoconf, ncurses-devel, gettext
 BuildRequires: perl-generators
 %ifarch %{ix86} x86_64
 BuildRequires: valgrind