diff --git a/cockpit.spec b/cockpit.spec
index 9edfabd..ad89c68 100644
--- a/cockpit.spec
+++ b/cockpit.spec
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ Source0:        cockpit-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source0:        https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/releases/download/%{version}/cockpit-%{version}.tar.xz
 %endif
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(gio-unix-2.0)
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(json-glib-1.0)
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(polkit-agent-1) >= 0.105