diff --git a/pangomm.spec b/pangomm.spec
index 7064ff3..9713dcd 100644
--- a/pangomm.spec
+++ b/pangomm.spec
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ License:        LGPLv2+
 URL:            http://www.gtkmm.org/
 Source0:        http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/pangomm/%{release_version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  glibmm24-devel >= %{glibmm_version}
 BuildRequires:  cairomm-devel >= %{cairomm_version}
 BuildRequires:  pango-devel >= %{pango_version}