diff --git a/comps-el5.xml.in b/comps-el5.xml.in
index 7696353a..4abc2b26 100644
--- a/comps-el5.xml.in
+++ b/comps-el5.xml.in
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
       <packagereq type="mandatory">cpio</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">diffutils</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">epel-release</packagereq>
+      <packagereq type="mandatory">epel-rpm-config</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">gcc</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">gcc-c++</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">gzip</packagereq>