diff --git a/festival.spec b/festival.spec
index 97494d4..82f7794 100644
--- a/festival.spec
+++ b/festival.spec
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ Patch98: festival-1.96-server-script-typo.patch
 
 Patch99: festival-gcc7.patch
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires: pulseaudio-libs-devel
 BuildRequires: texi2html
 BuildRequires: ncurses-devel