diff --git a/libvisual.spec b/libvisual.spec
index 8292b11..a3ea5fd 100644
--- a/libvisual.spec
+++ b/libvisual.spec
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Group:          Applications/Multimedia
 License:        LGPLv2+
 URL:            http://libvisual.sf.net
 Source0:        http://dl.sf.net/libvisual/libvisual-%{version}.tar.gz
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  xorg-x11-proto-devel
 # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435771
 Patch0:         libvisual-0.4.0-better-altivec-detection.patch