diff --git a/xdg-desktop-portal.spec b/xdg-desktop-portal.spec
index bbac78e..1eb6955 100644
--- a/xdg-desktop-portal.spec
+++ b/xdg-desktop-portal.spec
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ License: LGPLv2+
 URL:     https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/
 Source0: https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/releases/download/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(flatpak)
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(fuse)
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(gio-unix-2.0)