diff --git a/lsvpd.spec b/lsvpd.spec
index 597bbc9..40b4be4 100644
--- a/lsvpd.spec
+++ b/lsvpd.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 Name:		%{name}
 Version:	%{version}
-Release:	2%{?dist}
+Release:	3%{?dist}
 Summary:	VPD/hardware inventory utilities for Linux
 
 Group:		Applications/System
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ License:	GPLv2+
 URL:		http://linux-diag.sf.net/Lsvpd.html
 Source0:	https://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-diag/files/lsvpd-new/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 
+BuildRequires:	gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:	libvpd-devel >= 2.2.1
 BuildRequires:	sg3_utils-devel zlib-devel automake libtool
 BuildRequires:	librtas-devel
@@ -66,6 +67,9 @@ exit 0
 %dir %{_sysconfdir}/lsvpd
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jul 20 2018 Sinny Kumari <sinnykumari@fedoraproject.org> - 1.7.9-3
+- Add gcc-c++ as BuildRequires
+
 * Fri Jul 13 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.7.9-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_29_Mass_Rebuild