diff --git a/pyodbc.spec b/pyodbc.spec
index 3641f7c..c7ddfec 100644
--- a/pyodbc.spec
+++ b/pyodbc.spec
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Group:          Development/Languages
 License:        MIT
 URL:            https://github.com/mkleehammer/pyodbc
 Source0:        https://github.com/mkleehammer/pyodbc/archive/%{version}.tar.gz#/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  unixODBC-devel
 BuildRequires:  python2-devel