diff --git a/libevent.spec b/libevent.spec
index d273765..04b796d 100644
--- a/libevent.spec
+++ b/libevent.spec
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ URL:            http://libevent.org/
 Source0:        https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/download/release-%{version}-stable/libevent-%{version}-stable.tar.gz
 
 %if ! 0%{?_module_build}
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires: doxygen
 %endif
 BuildRequires: openssl-devel