diff --git a/dracut.spec b/dracut.spec
index 7b7a2247..3e338198 100644
--- a/dracut.spec
+++ b/dracut.spec
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Requires: module-init-tools
 Requires: cpio
 Requires: coreutils
 Requires: findutils
+Requires: binutils
 Requires: grep
 Requires: mktemp
 Requires: mount