diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xmlto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xmlto/package.py
index 06e18c7c073..1a018bfa877 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xmlto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xmlto/package.py
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ class Xmlto(AutotoolsPackage):
 
     # FIXME: missing a lot of dependencies
     depends_on("libxslt")
+    depends_on("util-linux", type=("build", "run"))  # getopt with support for longopts