diff --git a/libvirt.spec.in b/libvirt.spec.in
index 37d656d6e7..47902e603c 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec.in
+++ b/libvirt.spec.in
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ BuildRequires: readline-devel
 BuildRequires: ncurses-devel
 BuildRequires: gettext
 BuildRequires: libtasn1-devel
+BuildRequires: libgcrypt-devel
 BuildRequires: gnutls-devel
 BuildRequires: libattr-devel
 %if %{with_libvirtd}