diff --git a/admesh.spec b/admesh.spec
index 9ac9544..d94b108 100644
--- a/admesh.spec
+++ b/admesh.spec
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ License:        GPLv2+
 Group:          Applications/Engineering
 URL:            http://github.com/admesh/admesh/
 Source0:        http://github.com/admesh/admesh/releases/download/v%{version}/admesh-%{version}.tar.gz
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 Requires:       %{name}-libs%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 
 %description