diff --git a/libao.spec b/libao.spec
index 4653e71..ea68a09 100644
--- a/libao.spec
+++ b/libao.spec
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ License:        GPLv2+
 URL:            http://xiph.org/ao/
 Source0:        http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/ao/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch1:         0001-ao_pulse.c-fix-latency-calculation.patch
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  alsa-lib-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libpulse)