diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index 3089a19..202d15c 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 Name:           libguestfs
 ExclusiveArch:  %ix86 x86_64
 BuildRequires:  gcc gcc-c++ libtool automake autoconf pkg-config gperf genisoimage qemu kvm pcre-devel libvirt-devel ncurses-devel readline-devel xz hivex-devel
+BuildRequires:  perl(Pod::Simple::XHTML)
 #
 %if %{with_perl}
 BuildRequires:  perl