diff --git a/ballbuster.spec b/ballbuster.spec
index afaf91b..edba191 100644
--- a/ballbuster.spec
+++ b/ballbuster.spec
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Patch1:         ballbuster-1.0-gcc43.patch
 Patch2:         ballbuster-1.0-gcc6.patch
 Patch3:         ballbuster-1.0-better-fullscreen-handling.patch
 Patch4:         ballbuster-1.0-html-path-fix.patch
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  ClanLib1-devel desktop-file-utils libappstream-glib
 Requires:       hicolor-icon-theme opengl-games-utils