diff --git a/scrub.spec b/scrub.spec
index 413b2a0..966a4af 100644
--- a/scrub.spec
+++ b/scrub.spec
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Group:		System Environment/Base
 URL:		http://code.google.com/p/diskscrub/
 Source0:	http://diskscrub.googlecode.com/files/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 %description
 Scrub writes patterns on files or disk devices to make
 retrieving the data more difficult.  It operates in one of three