diff --git a/game/board/gnuchess/pspec.xml b/game/board/gnuchess/pspec.xml
index 6fb7905885..794cfaac53 100644
--- a/game/board/gnuchess/pspec.xml
+++ b/game/board/gnuchess/pspec.xml
@@ -12,11 +12,17 @@
         <IsA>app:console</IsA>
         <Summary>Console based chess interface</Summary>
         <Description>GNU Chess lets most modern computers play a full game of chess. It has a plain terminal interface but supports visual interfaces such as X-Windows xboard.</Description>
-        <Archive sha1sum="d38a485e681f391e70f8110793215a3f432c8bc2" type="targz">mirrors://gnu/chess/gnuchess-6.2.5.tar.gz</Archive>        
+        <Archive sha1sum="d38a485e681f391e70f8110793215a3f432c8bc2" type="targz">mirrors://gnu/chess/gnuchess-6.2.5.tar.gz</Archive>
+        <BuildDependencies>
+            <Dependency>readline-devel</Dependency>
+        </BuildDependencies>
     </Source>
 
     <Package>
         <Name>gnuchess</Name>
+        <RuntimeDependencies>
+            <Dependency>readline</Dependency>
+        </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
             <Path fileType="executable">/usr/bin</Path>
             <Path fileType="doc">/usr/share/doc</Path>