diff --git a/rasdaemon.spec b/rasdaemon.spec
index 2c3fdf0..1c983aa 100644
--- a/rasdaemon.spec
+++ b/rasdaemon.spec
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ URL:			http://git.infradead.org/users/mchehab/rasdaemon.git
 Source0:		http://www.infradead.org/~mchehab/rasdaemon/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 
 ExcludeArch:		s390 s390x
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:		gettext-devel
 BuildRequires:		perl-generators
 BuildRequires:		sqlite-devel