diff --git a/science/gis/gdal/pspec.xml b/science/gis/gdal/pspec.xml
index 7a15cad03d..1a40de380b 100644
--- a/science/gis/gdal/pspec.xml
+++ b/science/gis/gdal/pspec.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
             <Dependency>libpcre-devel</Dependency>
             <!--Dependency>poppler-devel</Dependency-->
             <Dependency>libxml2-devel</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>dietlibc</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
         <Patches>
             <Patch>gdal-completion.patch</Patch>