diff --git a/hwloc.spec b/hwloc.spec
index 7322fa9..6d91fbc 100644
--- a/hwloc.spec
+++ b/hwloc.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Source0:   http://www.open-mpi.org/software/hwloc/v1.7/downloads/%{name}-%{versi
 Patch0:    hwloc-1.7.patch
 Requires:  %{name}-libs = %{version}-%{release} 
 
-BuildRequires: libX11-devel libxml2-devel cairo-devel ncurses-devel libpciaccess-devel libXNVCtrl-devel transfig doxygen w3m texlive-latex texlive-makeindex libtool-ltdl-devel
+BuildRequires: libX11-devel libxml2-devel cairo-devel ncurses-devel libpciaccess-devel libXNVCtrl-devel transfig doxygen w3m texlive-latex texlive-makeindex libtool-ltdl-devel autoconf
 %ifnarch s390 s390x
 BuildRequires: libibverbs-devel
 %endif