diff --git a/libyaml.spec b/libyaml.spec
index 14a3eca..c36cdad 100644
--- a/libyaml.spec
+++ b/libyaml.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 Name:       libyaml
 Version:    0.1.7
-Release:    7%{?dist}
+Release:    8%{?dist}
 Summary:    YAML 1.1 parser and emitter written in C
 
 Group:      System Environment/Libraries
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ License:    MIT
 URL:        http://pyyaml.org/
 Source0:    http://pyyaml.org/download/libyaml/%{tarballname}-%{version}.tar.gz
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc
+
 %description
 YAML is a data serialization format designed for human readability and
 interaction with scripting languages.  LibYAML is a YAML parser and
@@ -69,6 +71,10 @@ make check
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jul 16 2018 John Eckersberg <eck@redhat.com> - 0.1.7-8
+- Add BuildRequires for gcc
+  See: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Remove_GCC_from_BuildRoot
+
 * Fri Jul 13 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.1.7-7
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_29_Mass_Rebuild