diff --git a/gperf.spec b/gperf.spec
index e092570..6fe3cb5 100644
--- a/gperf.spec
+++ b/gperf.spec
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/gperf/
 Requires(post): /sbin/install-info
 Requires(preun): /sbin/install-info
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 %description
 Gperf is a perfect hash function generator written in C++. Simply
 stated, a perfect hash function is a hash function and a data