diff --git a/dmidecode.spec b/dmidecode.spec
index 9776f20..17465cb 100644
--- a/dmidecode.spec
+++ b/dmidecode.spec
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Source1:        http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/%{name}/%{name}-%{vers
 Provides:       pmtools:%{_sbindir}/dmidecode
 Obsoletes:      pmtools < 20071117
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+BuildRequires:  xz
 ExclusiveArch:  %ix86 ia64 x86_64 %arm aarch64
 
 %description