diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index e13be80..9320bbe 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ BuildRequires:  libconfig-devel
 %endif
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  libvirt-devel >= 0.10.2
+BuildRequires:  libxml2-devel
 BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel
 %if %{with perl_bindings}
 %if %suse_version < 1140