diff --git a/cairomm.spec b/cairomm.spec
index 7c11734..56c6baf 100644
--- a/cairomm.spec
+++ b/cairomm.spec
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ URL:            http://www.cairographics.org
 License:        LGPLv2+
 Group:          System Environment/Libraries
 Source:         http://www.cairographics.org/releases/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  cairo-devel >= %{cairo_version}
 BuildRequires:  libsigc++20-devel >= %{libsigc_version}
 BuildRequires:  perl-interpreter