diff --git a/hunspell-en.spec b/hunspell-en.spec
index 3e8ef46..e35d7b0 100644
--- a/hunspell-en.spec
+++ b/hunspell-en.spec
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ URL: http://wordlist.sourceforge.net/
 # scowl/speller/aspell/en_phonet.dat is LGPLv2
 License: LGPLv2+ and LGPLv2 and BSD
 BuildArch: noarch
-BuildRequires: aspell, zip, dos2unix, perl-Getopt-Long
+BuildRequires: aspell, zip, dos2unix, perl-Getopt-Long, gcc-c++
 Requires: hunspell
 Requires: hunspell-en-US = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires: hunspell-en-GB = %{version}-%{release}