diff --git a/setroubleshoot-plugins.spec b/setroubleshoot-plugins.spec
index f692d7d..45f4b8b 100644
--- a/setroubleshoot-plugins.spec
+++ b/setroubleshoot-plugins.spec
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ Patch1: 0001-plugins-Update-translations.patch
 Patch2: 0002-plugins-Update-translations.patch
 BuildArch: noarch
 
+# gcc is needed only for ./configure
+# Remove it when the build process is fixed
+BuildRequires: gcc
 BuildRequires: perl-XML-Parser
 BuildRequires: intltool gettext python3-devel
 Requires: setroubleshoot-server >= 3.3.13