diff --git a/openbabel.spec b/openbabel.spec
index 39d6ac4..540c597 100644
--- a/openbabel.spec
+++ b/openbabel.spec
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ Summary: Perl wrapper for the Open Babel library
 Requires: perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_%(eval "`%{__perl} -V:version`"; echo $version))
 Requires: %{name}-libs%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 BuildRequires: perl-devel
+BuildRequires: perl-generators
 
 %description -n perl-%{name}
 Perl wrapper for the Open Babel library.