diff --git a/buildah.spec b/buildah.spec
index 978ce6f..3f33a76 100644
--- a/buildah.spec
+++ b/buildah.spec
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ Requires: crun >= 0.10-1
 Recommends: container-selinux
 Recommends: slirp4netns >= 0.3-0
 Recommends: fuse-overlayfs
+Suggests: cpp
 %else
 BuildRequires: libseccomp-devel
 Requires: libseccomp