diff --git a/metis.spec b/metis.spec
index 975426a..879fb40 100644
--- a/metis.spec
+++ b/metis.spec
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Patch3:  %{name}-GKREGEX-GKRAND-LIBSUFFIX-fix.patch
 ## Rename library of 64 integer version
 Patch4: %{name}_lib64.patch
 
-BuildRequires: cmake, gcc
+BuildRequires: cmake, gcc, gcc-c++
 BuildRequires: pcre-devel
 BuildRequires: help2man
 BuildRequires: chrpath