diff --git a/alsa-utils.spec b/alsa-utils.spec
index 0022f8b..9afc59b 100644
--- a/alsa-utils.spec
+++ b/alsa-utils.spec
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Source11: alsactl.conf
 Source20: alsa-restore.service
 Source22: alsa-state.service
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires: alsa-lib-devel >= %{baseversion}
 BuildRequires: libsamplerate-devel
 BuildRequires: ncurses-devel