diff --git a/mercurial.spec b/mercurial.spec
index 7338d10..42c97a8 100644
--- a/mercurial.spec
+++ b/mercurial.spec
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Source1: mercurial-site-start.el
 #Patch1: docutils-0.8.patch
 BuildRequires: python2 python2-devel bash-completion
 BuildRequires: emacs-nox emacs-el pkgconfig gettext python2-docutils
+BuildRequires: gcc
 Requires: python2 emacs-filesystem
 Provides: hg = %{version}-%{release}
 Obsoletes: emacs-mercurial <= 3.4.1, emacs-mercurial-el <= 3.4.1
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ grep -v locale %{name}-base.files > %{name}-base-filtered.files
 %changelog
 * Tue Jul 24 2018 Sebastian Kisela <skisela@redhat.com> - 4.4.2-6
 - Stop using deprecated python macros: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Python
+- Add gcc build time dependency, as gcc was removed from default buildroot package set.
 
 * Fri Jul 13 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 4.4.2-5
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_29_Mass_Rebuild