diff --git a/vte.spec b/vte.spec
index 9b2b30a..04f9e0e 100644
--- a/vte.spec
+++ b/vte.spec
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-root
 Source: ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vte/0.11/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 BuildRequires: gtk2-devel, pygtk2-devel, python-devel, ncurses-devel
 BuildRequires: gettext
+BuildRequires: intltool >= 0.34.90
 Requires: bitmap-fonts
 # initscripts creates the utmp group
 Prereq: initscripts 
@@ -29,9 +30,11 @@ package contains the files needed for building applications using VTE.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 
+
 %patch0 -p1 -b .real-transparency
 
 %build
+intltoolize --force
 PYTHON=%{_bindir}/python`%{__python} -c "import sys ; print sys.version[:3]"`
 export PYTHON
 %configure --enable-shared --enable-static --libexecdir=%{_libdir}/%{name} --without-glX --disable-gtk-doc