diff --git a/rpms/awips2.upc/Installer.ldm/component.spec b/rpms/awips2.upc/Installer.ldm/component.spec
index 15a47c3a68..54ac8c4e47 100644
--- a/rpms/awips2.upc/Installer.ldm/component.spec
+++ b/rpms/awips2.upc/Installer.ldm/component.spec
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ AutoReq: no
 Requires: awips2-qpid-lib
 requires: awips2-python
 requires: compat-gcc-34-g77
+requires: pax
 requires: gcc
 requires: gcc-c++
 requires: libxml2-devel