diff --git a/desktop/mate/eom/pspec.xml b/desktop/mate/eom/pspec.xml
index 011df12419..cc12cd19f5 100755
--- a/desktop/mate/eom/pspec.xml
+++ b/desktop/mate/eom/pspec.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
             <Dependency>itstool</Dependency>
             <Dependency>yelp-tools</Dependency>
             <Dependency>gtk-doc</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>autoconf-archive</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libpeas-1-devel</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
         <Patches>