diff --git a/taglib.spec b/taglib.spec
index 741dce8..143fb19 100644
--- a/taglib.spec
+++ b/taglib.spec
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ Patch102:   taglib-1.5rc1-multilib.patch
 # https://github.com/taglib/taglib/pull/831/commits/eb9ded1206f18f2c319157337edea2533a40bea6
 Patch1: 0001-Don-t-assume-TDRC-is-an-instance-of-TextIdentificati.patch
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires: cmake
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig
 BuildRequires: zlib-devel