diff --git a/libasyncns.spec b/libasyncns.spec
index cdf6564..a202712 100644
--- a/libasyncns.spec
+++ b/libasyncns.spec
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Source0: http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/libasyncns/libasyncns-%{version}.ta
 License: LGPLv2+
 Url: http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/libasyncns/
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 %description
 A small and lightweight library that implements easy to use asynchronous
 wrappers around the libc NSS functions getaddrinfo(), res_query() and related.