diff --git a/tinycdb.spec b/tinycdb.spec
index eda5a0c..18cf9d6 100644
--- a/tinycdb.spec
+++ b/tinycdb.spec
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Source0:	http://www.corpit.ru/mjt/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 # taken from the 0.77 tarball
 Source1:	libcdb.pc
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 %description
 tinycdb is a small, fast and reliable utility and subroutine library for 
 creating and reading constant databases. The database structure is tuned