diff --git a/bti.spec b/bti.spec
index 91adb2e..24de3d2 100644
--- a/bti.spec
+++ b/bti.spec
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Patch1:         bti-034_json-c_013.patch
 # fallback, need to run autotools on these
 #Source0:        https://github.com/gregkh/bti/archive/%%{version}.tar.gz
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  libcurl-devel
 # for building from github
 %if 0%{?el6}