diff --git a/avogadro.spec b/avogadro.spec
index 0c60254..48d61ce 100644
--- a/avogadro.spec
+++ b/avogadro.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:           avogadro
 Version:        1.2.0
-Release:        15%{?dist}
+Release:        16%{?dist}
 Summary:        An advanced molecular editor for chemical purposes
 
 License:        GPLv2
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Patch16:        %{name}_eigen3.patch
 
 
 BuildRequires:  boost-devel
+BuildRequires:  boost-python2-devel
 BuildRequires:  cmake
 BuildRequires:  desktop-file-utils
 BuildRequires:  docbook-utils
@@ -184,6 +185,9 @@ xvfb-run -a dbus-launch --exit-with-session make test ARGS="--output-on-failure"
 %{_datadir}/avogadro/i18n/
 
 %changelog
+* Tue May 01 2018 Jonathan Wakely <jwakely@redhat.com> - 1.2.0-16
+- Add BuildRequires: boost-python2-devel
+
 * Thu Feb 15 2018 Antonio Trande <sagitter@fedoraproject.org> - 1.2.0-15
 - Use %%ldconfig_scriptlets