diff --git a/libshout.spec b/libshout.spec
index 2c1c5eb..889d20d 100644
--- a/libshout.spec
+++ b/libshout.spec
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ URL:            http://www.icecast.org/
 Source:         http://downloads.us.xiph.org/releases/libshout/libshout-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch0:         libshout-2.2.2-fix_speex.patch
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  libogg-devel
 BuildRequires:  libvorbis-devel
 BuildRequires:  libtheora-devel