diff --git a/docbook2X.spec b/docbook2X.spec
index 2168e64..2c4948d 100644
--- a/docbook2X.spec
+++ b/docbook2X.spec
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ URL:            http://docbook2x.sourceforge.net/
 Source0:        http://downloads.sourceforge.net/docbook2x/docbook2X-%{version}.tar.gz
 
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  perl-interpreter perl-generators libxslt openjade texinfo %{_bindir}/sgml2xml
 # required by the perl -c calls during build
 BuildRequires:  perl(XML::SAX::ParserFactory)