diff --git a/gstreamermm.spec b/gstreamermm.spec
index 993d611..148da29 100644
--- a/gstreamermm.spec
+++ b/gstreamermm.spec
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ License:        LGPLv2+
 URL:            http://www.gtkmm.org/
 Source0:        http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gstreamermm/%{branch}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires: glibmm24-devel >= 2.21.1
 # Enable GUI examples build as a test
 BuildRequires: gtkmm30-devel >= 3.0