diff --git a/tcl.spec b/tcl.spec
index f2d0361..6f6e3e3 100644
--- a/tcl.spec
+++ b/tcl.spec
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Group: Development/Languages
 URL: http://tcl.sourceforge.net/
 Source0: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/tcl/tcl-core%{version}-src.tar.gz
 Buildrequires: autoconf
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires: zlib-devel
 Provides: tcl(abi) = %{majorver}
 Obsoletes: tcl-tcldict <= %{vers}