diff --git a/startup-notification.spec b/startup-notification.spec
index 3e03515..0c185b7 100644
--- a/startup-notification.spec
+++ b/startup-notification.spec
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ URL: http://www.freedesktop.org/software/startup-notification/
 Source0: http://www.freedesktop.org/software/startup-notification/releases/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 License: LGPLv2
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires: libX11-devel
 BuildRequires: libXt-devel
 BuildRequires: xcb-util-devel