diff --git a/libnetfilter_cttimeout.spec b/libnetfilter_cttimeout.spec
index ddeb226..56b7b08 100644
--- a/libnetfilter_cttimeout.spec
+++ b/libnetfilter_cttimeout.spec
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ License:        GPLv2+
 URL:            http://netfilter.org
 Source0:        http://netfilter.org/projects/%{name}/files/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  libmnl-devel >= 1.0.0, pkgconfig, kernel-headers
 
 %description