diff --git a/zziplib.spec b/zziplib.spec
index c791372..4e58bd8 100644
--- a/zziplib.spec
+++ b/zziplib.spec
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Group: Applications/Archiving
 URL: http://zziplib.sourceforge.net/
 Source: https://github.com/gdraheim/zziplib/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch0: zziplib-0.13.67-multilib.patch
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires: perl-interpreter
 BuildRequires: python2
 BuildRequires: zip