diff --git a/xdg-user-dirs.spec b/xdg-user-dirs.spec
index 8da6b77..97e806c 100644
--- a/xdg-user-dirs.spec
+++ b/xdg-user-dirs.spec
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Source0:	http://user-dirs.freedesktop.org/releases/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=532399
 Patch0:		use-fuzzy.patch
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:	gettext
 BuildRequires:  docbook-style-xsl
 BuildRequires:  libxslt