diff --git a/libsemanage.spec b/libsemanage.spec
index 44997b3..160cbb4 100644
--- a/libsemanage.spec
+++ b/libsemanage.spec
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Patch1: libsemanage-fedora.patch
 URL: https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/wiki
 Source1: semanage.conf
 
+BuildRequires: gcc
 BuildRequires: libselinux-devel >= %{libselinuxver} swig ustr-devel
 BuildRequires: libsepol-devel >= %{libsepolver} 
 BuildRequires: audit-libs-devel