diff --git a/libtevent.spec b/libtevent.spec
index 14e77ba..9e0be5b 100644
--- a/libtevent.spec
+++ b/libtevent.spec
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ License: LGPLv3+
 URL: http://tevent.samba.org/
 Source: http://samba.org/ftp/tevent/tevent-%{version}.tar.gz
 
+BuildRequires: gcc
+%if (0%{?fedora} >= 28 || 0%{?rhel} > 7)
+# workaround for unnecessary check in libreplace
+BuildRequires: libtirpc-devel
+%endif
 BuildRequires: libtalloc-devel >= 2.1.0
 BuildRequires: python2-devel
 BuildRequires: python2-talloc-devel >= 2.1.0