diff --git a/SPECS/curl.spec b/SPECS/curl.spec
index 202136e..5124402 100644
--- a/SPECS/curl.spec
+++ b/SPECS/curl.spec
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ URL: https://curl.se/
 BuildRequires: automake
 BuildRequires: brotli-devel
 BuildRequires: coreutils
-BuildRequires: gcc
+BuildRequires: clang
 BuildRequires: groff
 BuildRequires: krb5-devel
 BuildRequires: libidn2-devel
@@ -335,6 +335,8 @@ sed -e 's|^35$|35,52|' -i tests/data/test323
 autoreconf -fiv
 
 %build
+export CC=/usr/bin/clang
+export CXX=/usr/bin/clang++
 mkdir build-{full,minimal}
 export common_configure_opts="          \
     --cache-file=../config.cache        \