diff --git a/pyxdg.spec b/pyxdg.spec
index 9cefb6b..0ad4a53 100644
--- a/pyxdg.spec
+++ b/pyxdg.spec
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ URL:            http://freedesktop.org/Software/pyxdg
 Source0:        http://www.freedesktop.org/~lanius/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildArch:      noarch
-BuildRequires:	python-nose
+# These are needed for the nose tests.
+BuildRequires:	python-nose, hicolor-icon-theme
 BuildRequires:  python2-devel
 %if 0%{?with_python3}
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel