diff --git a/acpi.spec b/acpi.spec
index 130b2f4..2f95b2d 100644
--- a/acpi.spec
+++ b/acpi.spec
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Group:		Applications/System
 Source0:	http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/acpiclient/acpiclient/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 URL:		http://sourceforge.net/projects/acpiclient/
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 %description
 Linux ACPI client is a small command-line program that attempts to
 replicate the functionality of the 'old' apm command on ACPI systems.