diff --git a/rpm.spec b/rpm.spec
index 3d47075..977cb2b 100644
--- a/rpm.spec
+++ b/rpm.spec
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 %global rpmver 4.14.1
 #global snapver rc2
-%global rel 6
+%global rel 7
 
 %global srcver %{version}%{?snapver:-%{snapver}}
 %global srcdir %{?snapver:testing}%{!?snapver:%{name}-%(echo %{version} | cut -d'.' -f1-2).x}
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 Summary: The RPM package management system
 Name: rpm
 Version: %{rpmver}
-Release: %{?snapver:0.%{snapver}.}%{rel}%{?dist}.1
+Release: %{?snapver:0.%{snapver}.}%{rel}%{?dist}
 Group: System Environment/Base
 Url: http://www.rpm.org/
 Source0: http://ftp.rpm.org/releases/%{srcdir}/%{name}-%{srcver}.tar.bz2
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ BuildRequires: fakechroot gnupg2
 # XXX generally assumed to be installed but make it explicit as rpm
 # is a bit special...
 BuildRequires: redhat-rpm-config
+BuildRequires: gcc make
 BuildRequires: gawk
 BuildRequires: elfutils-devel >= 0.112
 BuildRequires: elfutils-libelf-devel
@@ -588,6 +589,9 @@ make check || cat tests/rpmtests.log
 %doc doc/librpm/html/*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Feb 19 2018 Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com> - 4.14.1-7
+- Explicitly BuildRequire gcc and make
+
 * Fri Feb 09 2018 Igor Gnatenko <ignatenkobrain@fedoraproject.org> - 4.14.1-6.1
 - Escape macros in %%changelog