diff --git a/libosinfo.spec b/libosinfo.spec
index 251715113ba0c67c6724c0a2e5faed3da70b4594..9308fa9858c1d8e6c79400cf7a581409dce6b293 100644
--- a/libosinfo.spec
+++ b/libosinfo.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name: libosinfo
 Version: 1.12.0
-Release: 1
+Release: 2
 Summary: A library for managing OS information for virtualization
 License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
 URL: https://libosinfo.org/
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ BuildRequires: pkgconfig(libxml-2.0) >= 2.6.0
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(libxslt) >= 1.0.0
 BuildRequires: /usr/bin/g-ir-scanner
 BuildRequires: /usr/bin/gtkdoc-scan
+BuildRequires: /usr/bin/msgfmt
 BuildRequires: hwdata
 BuildRequires: vala
 Requires: hwdata osinfo-db-tools
@@ -82,6 +83,9 @@ sed -i -e 's/zh_Hans/zh_CN/g' po/LINGUAS
 %{_mandir}/man1/osinfo-install-script.1*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Nov 11 2024 Funda Wang <fundawang@yeah.net> - 1.12.0-2
+- add buildrequires for gettext
+
 * Sun Nov 03 2024 Funda Wang <fundawang@yeah.net> - 1.12.0-1
 - update to 1.12.0