diff --git a/geos.spec b/geos.spec
index d603bda..8add147 100644
--- a/geos.spec
+++ b/geos.spec
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ URL:		http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/
 Source0:	http://download.osgeo.org/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Patch0:		geos-gcc43.patch
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:	doxygen libtool
 BuildRequires:	python2-devel