diff --git a/jsoncpp.spec b/jsoncpp.spec
index f72a6de..b6921e7 100644
--- a/jsoncpp.spec
+++ b/jsoncpp.spec
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ License:        Public Domain or MIT
 URL:            https://github.com/open-source-parsers/%{name}
 Source0:        %{url}/archive/%{version}.tar.gz#/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  cmake >= 3.1
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel