diff --git a/libvtemm.spec b/libvtemm.spec
index 1f5fe1a..7165b16 100644
--- a/libvtemm.spec
+++ b/libvtemm.spec
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ License:        LGPLv3+ and GPLv3+
 URL:            http://gtkmm.org
 Source0:        http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/%{name}/%{release_version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  glibmm24-devel >= 2.22.0
 BuildRequires:  pangomm-devel >= 2.24.0