diff --git a/criu.spec b/criu.spec
index 6b0ade2..b00602d 100644
--- a/criu.spec
+++ b/criu.spec
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Patch100: aio-fix.patch
 
 Source3: criu-tmpfiles.conf
 
+BuildRequires: gcc
 BuildRequires: systemd
 BuildRequires: libnet-devel
 BuildRequires: protobuf-devel protobuf-c-devel %{py_prefix}-devel libnl3-devel libcap-devel