diff --git a/augeas.spec b/augeas.spec
index aa84545..2be7f7e 100644
--- a/augeas.spec
+++ b/augeas.spec
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ License:        LGPLv2+
 URL:            http://augeas.net/
 Source0:        http://download.augeas.net/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  readline-devel libselinux-devel libxml2-devel
 Requires:       %{name}-libs = %{version}-%{release}