diff --git a/libassuan.spec b/libassuan.spec
index dc61e48..94a1be7 100644
--- a/libassuan.spec
+++ b/libassuan.spec
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ URL:     http://www.gnupg.org/
 
 Patch1:  libassuan-2.1.0-multilib.patch
 
+BuildRequires: gcc
 BuildRequires: gawk
 BuildRequires: libgpg-error-devel >= 1.8