diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index 121a25c..1e2fc00 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ BuildRequires:  ntfsprogs
 BuildRequires:  ntfs-3g
 BuildRequires:  rsync
 BuildRequires:  cryptsetup
+BuildRequires:  iproute2
 %if %suse_version < 1210
 # perl as included in openSuSE 11.4 has this, but an older version without html_charset
 # Without the version the requires is ignored for some reason