diff --git a/libdaemon.spec b/libdaemon.spec
index d074bb4..e50234b 100644
--- a/libdaemon.spec
+++ b/libdaemon.spec
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ URL: http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/libdaemon/
 Source0: http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/libdaemon/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 
 # Requires lynx to build the docs
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  lynx
 
 %description