diff --git a/suitesparse.spec b/suitesparse.spec
index b72ef6d..01d5837 100644
--- a/suitesparse.spec
+++ b/suitesparse.spec
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
 Name:           suitesparse
 Version:        4.4.6
-Release:        11%{?dist}
+Release:        12%{?dist}
 Summary:        A collection of sparse matrix libraries
 
 Group:          System Environment/Libraries
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ License:        (LGPLv2+ or BSD) and LGPLv2+ and GPLv2+
 URL:            http://faculty.cse.tamu.edu/davis/suitesparse.html
 Source0:        http://faculty.cse.tamu.edu/davis/SuiteSparse/SuiteSparse-%{version}.tar.gz
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
+
 %if %{with atlas310}
 BuildRequires:  atlas-devel >= 3.10
 %else
@@ -432,6 +435,9 @@ hardlink -cv Docs/ Licenses/
 %doc Doc/*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Feb 20 2018 Nils Philippsen <nils@tiptoe.de> - 4.4.6-12
+- require gcc, gcc-c++ for building
+
 * Fri Feb 09 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 4.4.6-11
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_28_Mass_Rebuild