diff --git a/liboping.spec b/liboping.spec
index 513cc2c..05a2be2 100644
--- a/liboping.spec
+++ b/liboping.spec
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ License:        GPLv2
 URL:            http://verplant.org/liboping/
 Source0:        http://verplant.org/liboping/files/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 
+BuildRequires:  perl-devel
+BuildRequires:  perl-generators
 BuildRequires:  perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Test::More)
 BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel