diff --git a/libvirt.spec.in b/libvirt.spec.in
index ea2fd883d9..18a7fb89ce 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec.in
+++ b/libvirt.spec.in
@@ -521,6 +521,11 @@ BuildRequires: util-linux
 BuildRequires: nfs-utils
 %endif
 
+%if %{with_firewalld}
+# Communication with the firewall daemon uses DBus
+BuildRequires: dbus-devel
+%endif
+
 # Fedora build root suckage
 BuildRequires: gawk