diff --git a/system/devel/patch/pspec.xml b/system/devel/patch/pspec.xml
index 4e8b09b0..9d72b9fd 100644
--- a/system/devel/patch/pspec.xml
+++ b/system/devel/patch/pspec.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
         <Summary>Applies patch files</Summary>
         <Description>Patch takes a patch file generated by diff command, and applies it to the original files, thus producing patched files.</Description>
         <Archive sha1sum="8fd8f8f8ba640d871bce1bd33c7fd5e2ebe03a1e" type="tarxz">ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/patch/patch-2.7.5.tar.xz</Archive>
+        <BuildDependencies>
+            <Dependency>attr-devel</Dependency>
+        </BuildDependencies>
         <Patches>
             <!--<Patch level="1">patch-2.7.1-initialize-data-structures-early-enough.patch</Patch>-->
         </Patches>