diff --git a/weston.spec b/weston.spec
index cc2e9e1..73c3292 100644
--- a/weston.spec
+++ b/weston.spec
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Source3:        %name.keyring
 BuildRequires:  autoconf >= 2.64
 BuildRequires:  automake >= 1.11
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
+BuildRequires:  glibc-devel >= 2.27
 BuildRequires:  libjpeg-devel
 BuildRequires:  libtool >= 2.2
 BuildRequires:  libxml2-tools