diff --git a/iotop.spec b/iotop.spec
index 3f4da95..ee5a5fa 100644
--- a/iotop.spec
+++ b/iotop.spec
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Patch3: iotop-0.3.2-batchprintutf8.patch
 
 #BuildArch: noarch
 BuildRequires:	python3-devel
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 
 %description
 Linux has always been able to show how much I/O was going on