diff --git a/comps-el6.xml.in b/comps-el6.xml.in
index 95ea4baa..a09e59a5 100644
--- a/comps-el6.xml.in
+++ b/comps-el6.xml.in
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@
       <packagereq type="mandatory">cpio</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">diffutils</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">epel-release</packagereq>
+      <packagereq type="mandatory">epel-rpm-macros</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">findutils</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">gawk</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">gcc</packagereq>