diff --git a/urlview.spec b/urlview.spec
index 48681d7..ee3a338 100644
--- a/urlview.spec
+++ b/urlview.spec
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ License:        GPLv2+
 URL:            https://github.com/sigpipe/urlview
 Source0:        https://github.com/sigpipe/urlview/archive/%{gitrev}/urlview-%{gitrev}.tar.gz
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel
 
 # mutt packages before 5:1.5.16-2 included urlview