diff --git a/xmlrpc-c.spec b/xmlrpc-c.spec
index d8b2804..5e57dba 100644
--- a/xmlrpc-c.spec
+++ b/xmlrpc-c.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Source0:        %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Summary:        A library implementing XML-based remote procedure calls
 Group:          System/Libraries
 Autoreqprov:    on
-BuildRequires:  curl-devel gcc-c++ libxml2-devel openssl-devel pkgconfig
+BuildRequires:  curl-devel file gcc-c++ libxml2-devel openssl-devel pkgconfig
 #BuildRequires:  w3c-libwww-devel
 
 %description