diff --git a/i2c-tools.spec b/i2c-tools.spec
index 18404cf..1931582 100644
--- a/i2c-tools.spec
+++ b/i2c-tools.spec
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Patch1:         i2c-tools-3.1-man-decodeX.patch
 
 # for /etc/udev/makedev.d resp /etc/modprobe.d ownership
 Requires:       udev module-init-tools
+BuildRequires:  perl-generators
 BuildRequires:  python-devel
 ExcludeArch:    s390 s390x