diff --git a/python-augeas.spec b/python-augeas.spec
index f2e9f2d..00e2d89 100644
--- a/python-augeas.spec
+++ b/python-augeas.spec
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Url:            http://augeas.net/
 Source:         https://fedorahosted.org/released/python-augeas/python-augeas-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  augeas-lenses
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module base}
 Requires:       augeas
 # We'd always want to have augeas-lenses installed
 Requires:       augeas-lenses