diff --git a/kio-extras5.changes b/kio-extras5.changes
index f3a1adc..8d8d8e3 100644
--- a/kio-extras5.changes
+++ b/kio-extras5.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue May 23 21:46:13 UTC 2017 - wbauer@tmo.at
+
+- Add "BuildRequires: gperf" to enable building the man kio-slave
+  (boo#1040444)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed May 17 20:36:22 CEST 2017 - lbeltrame@kde.org
 
diff --git a/kio-extras5.spec b/kio-extras5.spec
index 2c24c09..f810899 100644
--- a/kio-extras5.spec
+++ b/kio-extras5.spec
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Source99:       %{name}-rpmlintrc
 Patch0:         fix-mtp-paste-with-KF5-5.25.diff
 BuildRequires:  OpenEXR-devel
 BuildRequires:  flac-devel
+BuildRequires:  gperf
 BuildRequires:  kactivities5-devel
 BuildRequires:  karchive-devel
 BuildRequires:  kconfig-devel