diff --git a/libxml++.spec b/libxml++.spec
index e31564f..60dc029 100644
--- a/libxml++.spec
+++ b/libxml++.spec
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ License:        LGPLv2+
 URL:            http://libxmlplusplus.sourceforge.net/
 Source0:        http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/libxml++/%{release_version}/libxml++-%{version}.tar.xz
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  libxml2-devel >= 2.6.1
 BuildRequires:  glibmm24-devel >= 2.4.0