diff --git a/airrac.spec b/airrac.spec
index 8223111..84316e3 100644
--- a/airrac.spec
+++ b/airrac.spec
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ URL:            http://sourceforge.net/projects/%{name}/
 Source0:        http://downloads.sourceforge.net/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Patch0:         0001-Fix-for-Boost-1.59.0-compatibility.patch
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  cmake, python-devel
 BuildRequires:  boost-devel, soci-mysql-devel, soci-sqlite3-devel
 BuildRequires:  boost-python2-devel