diff --git a/git-core.spec.in b/git-core.spec.in
index 6a482ad1f..a7abb5f44 100644
--- a/git-core.spec.in
+++ b/git-core.spec.in
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ License: 	GPL
 Group: 		Development/Tools
 URL: 		http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/
 Source: 	http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
-BuildRequires:	zlib-devel >= 1.2, openssl-devel, curl-devel  %{!?_without_docs:, xmlto, asciidoc > 6.0.3}
+BuildRequires:	zlib-devel >= 1.2, openssl-devel, curl-devel, expat-devel  %{!?_without_docs:, xmlto, asciidoc > 6.0.3}
 BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
-Requires:	zlib >= 1.2, rsync, rcs, curl, less, openssh-clients, python >= 2.3, tk >= 8.4
+Requires:	zlib >= 1.2, rsync, rcs, curl, less, openssh-clients, python >= 2.3, tk >= 8.4, expat
 
 %description
 This is a stupid (but extremely fast) directory content manager.  It