diff --git a/fontconfig.spec b/fontconfig.spec
index 8ab88da..2745f2e 100644
--- a/fontconfig.spec
+++ b/fontconfig.spec
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ BuildRequires:	libxml2-devel
 BuildRequires:	freetype-devel >= %{freetype_version}
 BuildRequires:	fontpackages-devel
 BuildRequires:	autoconf automake libtool gettext
-BuildRequires:	gperf
+BuildRequires:	gperf python3
 
 Requires:	fonts-filesystem freetype
 # Register DTD system-wide to make validation work by default