diff --git a/freetds.spec b/freetds.spec
index ced8539..07bf549 100644
--- a/freetds.spec
+++ b/freetds.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Source0:       ftp://ftp.freetds.org/pub/freetds/stable/freetds-%{version}.tar.b
 Source1:       freetds-tds_sysdep_public.h
 
 BuildRequires: unixODBC-devel readline-devel gnutls-devel krb5-devel
-BuildRequires: libgcrypt-devel libtool doxygen docbook-style-dsssl
+BuildRequires: libgcrypt-devel libtool doxygen docbook-style-dsssl gperf
 
 Provides:  %{name}-libs = %{version}-%{release}
 Obsoletes: %{name}-libs < %{version}-%{release}