diff --git a/apt.spec b/apt.spec
index 258220d..f5d274e 100644
--- a/apt.spec
+++ b/apt.spec
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ Patch6:	apt-0.5.15lorg3.95-lua-5.3.patch
 
 # TODO: verify the required minimum Python version
 BuildRequires:  gcc
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires: python2-devel >= 2.2
 BuildRequires: swig
 BuildRequires: libxml2-devel