diff --git a/policycoreutils.spec b/policycoreutils.spec
index 2f27784..e1adf19 100644
--- a/policycoreutils.spec
+++ b/policycoreutils.spec
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ Conflicts: initscripts < 9.66
 Provides: /sbin/fixfiles
 Provides: /sbin/restorecon
 
+BuildRequires: gcc
 BuildRequires: pam-devel libcgroup-devel libsepol-static >= %{libsepolver} libsemanage-static >= %{libsemanagever} libselinux-devel >= %{libselinuxver}  libcap-devel audit-libs-devel >=  %{libauditver} gettext
 BuildRequires: desktop-file-utils dbus-devel dbus-glib-devel
 BuildRequires: python-devel python3-devel