diff --git a/packaging/rpm/ansible.spec b/packaging/rpm/ansible.spec
index 4229d12f880..9a394d51359 100644
--- a/packaging/rpm/ansible.spec
+++ b/packaging/rpm/ansible.spec
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Url: http://ansible.github.com
 BuildArch: noarch
 BuildRequires: python2-devel
 
+Requires: PyYAML
 Requires: python-paramiko
 Requires: python-jinja2