diff --git a/dialog.spec b/dialog.spec
index 0d64d61..16b3f8d 100644
--- a/dialog.spec
+++ b/dialog.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ License: LGPLv2
 Group: Applications/System
 URL: https://invisible-island.net/dialog/dialog.html
 Source: ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net/dialog/dialog-%{version}-%{dialogsubversion}.tgz
-BuildRequires: ncurses-devel gettext findutils libtool
+BuildRequires: ncurses-devel gcc gettext findutils libtool
 Patch1: dialog-incdir.patch
 Patch2: dialog-multilib.patch
 Patch3: dialog-libs.patch