diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index c6d43f57c..d933f6af0 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ BuildRequires: xmlto, asciidoc
 BuildRequires: sparse >= 0.4.1
 %endif
 %if %{with_perf}
-BuildRequires: elfutils-devel zlib-devel binutils-devel newt-devel python-devel perl(ExtUtils::Embed)
+BuildRequires: elfutils-devel zlib-devel binutils-devel newt-devel python-devel perl(ExtUtils::Embed) bison
 %endif
 %if %{with_tools}
 BuildRequires: pciutils-devel gettext