diff --git a/hunspell.spec b/hunspell.spec
index c4379b6..f12997d 100644
--- a/hunspell.spec
+++ b/hunspell.spec
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Source:    https://github.com/hunspell/hunspell/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz
 Group:     System Environment/Libraries
 URL:       https://github.com/hunspell/hunspell
 License:   LGPLv2+ or GPLv2+ or MPLv1.1
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires: autoconf, automake, libtool, ncurses-devel, gettext
 BuildRequires: perl-generators
 %ifarch %{ix86} x86_64