diff --git a/libksba.spec b/libksba.spec
index dfca0a8..e43858c 100644
--- a/libksba.spec
+++ b/libksba.spec
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Source1: ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libksba/libksba-%{version}.tar.bz2.sig
 
 Patch1: libksba-1.3.0-multilib.patch
 
+BuildRequires: gcc
 BuildRequires: gawk
 BuildRequires: libgpg-error-devel >= 1.8
 BuildRequires: libgcrypt-devel >= 1.2.0