diff --git a/science/gis/gdal/pspec.xml b/science/gis/gdal/pspec.xml
index 770dddf7ea..3db2f01c10 100644
--- a/science/gis/gdal/pspec.xml
+++ b/science/gis/gdal/pspec.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
         <Description>GDAL is a translator library for raster geospatial data formats which presents a single abstract data model to the calling application for all supported formats.</Description>
         <Archive sha1sum="3fedd60ac105946e51008c306721e27e01165e7c" type="targz">http://download.osgeo.org/gdal/3.7.3/gdal-3.7.3.tar.gz</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
+            <Dependency>cmake</Dependency>
             <Dependency>curl-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>hdf5-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>geos-devel</Dependency>