diff --git a/osbuild-composer.spec b/osbuild-composer.spec
index 698f56ae5..c687ff320 100644
--- a/osbuild-composer.spec
+++ b/osbuild-composer.spec
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ Requires:   composer-cli
 Requires:   createrepo_c
 Requires:   genisoimage
 Requires:   qemu-kvm-core
+Requires:   systemd-container
 %ifarch %{arm}
 Requires:   edk2-aarch64
 %endif