diff --git a/jemalloc.spec b/jemalloc.spec
index d354ae1..f4d181c 100644
--- a/jemalloc.spec
+++ b/jemalloc.spec
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Patch3:         jemalloc-3.0.0.atomic_h_ppc_32bit_operations.patch
 Patch4:         jemalloc-3.6.0.no_explicit_altivec.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  /usr/bin/xsltproc
+BuildRequires:  perl-generators
 %ifnarch s390
 BuildRequires:  valgrind-devel
 %endif