diff --git a/desktop/kde/applications/kstars/pspec.xml b/desktop/kde/applications/kstars/pspec.xml
index ade9c1dd43..d78c3dd29c 100755
--- a/desktop/kde/applications/kstars/pspec.xml
+++ b/desktop/kde/applications/kstars/pspec.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
             <Dependency>gsl-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>knotifyconfig-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>extra-cmake-modules</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>libnova-devel</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
         <Patches>
             <!--Patch level="1">kstars-isnan.patch</Patch-->
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@
            <Dependency>wcslib</Dependency>
            <Dependency>xplanet</Dependency>
            <Dependency>knotifications</Dependency>
+           <Dependency>libnova</Dependency> 
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
             <Path fileType="config">/etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.kde.kf5auth.kstars.conf</Path>