diff --git a/rpm_spec/core-dom0.spec.in b/rpm_spec/core-dom0.spec.in
index a5c05abe..5027db56 100644
--- a/rpm_spec/core-dom0.spec.in
+++ b/rpm_spec/core-dom0.spec.in
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ Requires:       scrypt
 Requires:       dmidecode
 Requires:       PyQt4
 
+# Required for qvm-console* tools
+Requires:       socat
+
 %{?systemd_requires}
 
 Obsoletes:	qubes-core-dom0-doc <= 4.0