diff --git a/apr-util.spec b/apr-util.spec
index e7b98d8..ad4b062 100644
--- a/apr-util.spec
+++ b/apr-util.spec
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 Summary: Apache Portable Runtime Utility library
 Name: apr-util
 Version: 1.6.1
-Release: 5%{?dist}
+Release: 6%{?dist}
 License: ASL 2.0
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 URL: http://apr.apache.org/
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Source0: http://www.apache.org/dist/apr/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Patch1: apr-util-1.2.7-pkgconf.patch
 Patch4: apr-util-1.4.1-private.patch
 Patch5: apr-util-mariadb-upstream.patch
+BuildRequires: gcc
 BuildRequires: autoconf, apr-devel >= 1.3.0
 BuildRequires: %{dbdep}, expat-devel, libuuid-devel
 %if 0%{?fedora} < 27
@@ -238,6 +239,9 @@ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=%{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/apr-util-%{apuver}
 %{_datadir}/aclocal/*.m4
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Mar  9 2018 Bojan Smojver <bojan@rexursive.com> - 1.6.1-6
+- add gcc build requirement
+
 * Wed Feb 07 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.6.1-5
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_28_Mass_Rebuild