diff --git a/OpenImageIO.spec b/OpenImageIO.spec
index 594ae6e..191ce3f 100644
--- a/OpenImageIO.spec
+++ b/OpenImageIO.spec
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Patch0:         OpenImageIO-man.patch
 BuildRequires:  cmake gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  txt2man
 BuildRequires:  qt5-devel
-BuildRequires:  boost-devel
+BuildRequires:  boost-devel boost-python2-devel
 BuildRequires:  glew-devel
 BuildRequires:  OpenEXR-devel ilmbase-devel
 BuildRequires:  python2-devel