diff --git a/xCAT/xCAT.spec b/xCAT/xCAT.spec
index 8ec254792..7a068d8a2 100644
--- a/xCAT/xCAT.spec
+++ b/xCAT/xCAT.spec
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Source7: xcat.conf.apach24
 
 Provides: xCAT = %{version}
 Conflicts: xCATsn
-Requires: xCAT-server xCAT-client perl-DBD-SQLite xCAT-probe >= 2.12.1 xCAT-genesis-scripts-x86_64
+Requires: xCAT-server xCAT-client perl-DBD-SQLite xCAT-probe >= 2.12.1 xCAT-genesis-scripts-x86_64 rsync
 
 %define pcm %(if [ "$pcm" = "1" ];then echo 1; else echo 0; fi)
 %define notpcm %(if [ "$pcm" = "1" ];then echo 0; else echo 1; fi)