diff --git a/exiv2.spec b/exiv2.spec
index c0e79e3..cb960db 100644
--- a/exiv2.spec
+++ b/exiv2.spec
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Patch100: exiv2-doxygen.patch
 BuildRequires: cmake
 %endif
 BuildRequires: expat-devel
-BuildRequires: gcc
+BuildRequires: gcc-c++
 BuildRequires: gettext
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(libcurl)
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ test -x %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/libexiv2.so
 
 %changelog
 * Tue Feb 20 2018 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 0.26-9
-- BR: gcc
+- BR: gcc-c++
 
 * Wed Feb 07 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.26-8
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_28_Mass_Rebuild