diff --git a/xmlstarlet.spec b/xmlstarlet.spec
index 41e4147..b5fc0f8 100644
--- a/xmlstarlet.spec
+++ b/xmlstarlet.spec
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Source0: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/xmlstar/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch0: xmlstarlet-1.6.1-nogit.patch
 # http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3266898&group_id=66612&atid=515106
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires: xmlto automake autoconf libxslt-devel
 BuildRequires: libxml2-devel >= 2.6.23
 BuildRequires: docbook5-schemas