diff --git a/log4cplus.spec b/log4cplus.spec
index a09b758..7079433 100644
--- a/log4cplus.spec
+++ b/log4cplus.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name: log4cplus
 Version: 1.2.0
-Release: 6%{?prever:.%{prever}}%{?dist}
+Release: 7%{?prever:.%{prever}}%{?dist}
 Summary: Logging Framework for C++
 
 License: ASL 2.0
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ modeled after the Java log4j API.
 Summary: Development files for log4cplus C++ logging framework
 Group: Development/Libraries
 Requires: %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
+BuildRequires: gcc-c++
 
 %description devel
 This package contains headers and libraries needed to develop applications
@@ -67,6 +68,9 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}/liblog4cplus.{a,la}
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/log4cplus.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Apr 26 2018 Tomas Hozza <thozza@redhat.com> - 1.2.0-7
+- Added gcc-c++ as an explicit BuildRequires
+
 * Thu Feb 08 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.2.0-6
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_28_Mass_Rebuild