diff --git a/permissions.spec b/permissions.spec
index 4a4d5c0..437fa90 100644
--- a/permissions.spec
+++ b/permissions.spec
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ Group:          Productivity/Security
 URL:            http://github.com/openSUSE/permissions
 Source:         permissions-%{version}.tar.xz
 Source2:        permissions.rpmlintrc
+# required for %check regression test
+BuildRequires:  acl
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  libacl-devel
 BuildRequires:  libcap-devel