diff --git a/boswars.spec b/boswars.spec
index c5d3216..6184c3c 100644
--- a/boswars.spec
+++ b/boswars.spec
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Patch0:         boswars-2.4.1-SConstruct.patch
 # Use compat-lua51 for now
 Patch3:         boswars-2.7-compat-lua-5.1.patch
 Patch4:         boswars-2.7-sconstruct-py3.patch
+BuildRequires:  gcc gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  libtheora-devel libvorbis-devel SDL-devel libGL-devel
 BuildRequires:  compat-tolua++-devel libpng-devel python3-scons
 BuildRequires:  libappstream-glib desktop-file-utils