diff --git a/PyMca.spec b/PyMca.spec
index 02ef0a1..f308256 100644
--- a/PyMca.spec
+++ b/PyMca.spec
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Source6:        pymcabatch.desktop
 Source7:        pymcapostbatch.desktop
 Source8:        pymcaroitool.desktop
 Patch0:         0001-PyMca-4.7.3-set-Fedora-specific-paths.patch
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  desktop-file-utils
 BuildRequires:  ImageMagick
 %if 0%{?with_python3}