diff --git a/bsdiff.spec b/bsdiff.spec
index 2defdb2..0dcc7c8 100644
--- a/bsdiff.spec
+++ b/bsdiff.spec
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ License:	BSD
 Group:		Development/Tools
 Source0:	http://www.daemonology.net/bsdiff/bsdiff-%{version}.tar.gz
 URL:		http://www.daemonology.net/bsdiff/
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:	bzip2-devel
 
 %description