diff --git a/beakerlib.spec b/beakerlib.spec
index 7054cd7..3a89ea0 100644
--- a/beakerlib.spec
+++ b/beakerlib.spec
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ Requires:   grep
 Requires:   sed
 Requires:   net-tools
 Requires:   rpm-python
+Requires:   coreutils
+Requires:   tar
+Requires:   gzip
+Requires:   util-linux
 BuildRequires: /usr/bin/pod2man
 BuildRequires: perl-generators