diff --git a/mariadb-connector-c.spec b/mariadb-connector-c.spec
index 2fbf5c8..2eb5922 100644
--- a/mariadb-connector-c.spec
+++ b/mariadb-connector-c.spec
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Url:            http://mariadb.org/
 Conflicts: mariadb-libs mariadb-devel
 %endif
 
-BuildRequires:  zlib-devel cmake openssl-devel
+BuildRequires:  zlib-devel cmake openssl-devel gcc-c++
 # Remote-IO plugin
 BuildRequires:  libcurl-devel