diff --git a/atkmm.spec b/atkmm.spec
index d8e7199..10a8e9e 100644
--- a/atkmm.spec
+++ b/atkmm.spec
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ License:        LGPLv2+
 URL:            http://www.gtkmm.org/
 Source0:        http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/atkmm/%{release_version}/atkmm-%{version}.tar.xz
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  atk-devel
 BuildRequires:  glibmm24-devel >= %{glibmm24_version}