diff --git a/audacious-plugins.spec b/audacious-plugins.spec
index 077dacb..b75f3de 100644
--- a/audacious-plugins.spec
+++ b/audacious-plugins.spec
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ BuildRequires: pkgconfig(Qt5Multimedia)
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(ampache_browser_1)
 BuildRequires: make
 
+%if 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 8
+BuildRequires: devtoolset-8-toolchain
+%endif
+
 
 # plugin .so files
 %if 0%{?fedora} > 29
@@ -150,6 +154,10 @@ sed -i '\,^.SILENT:,d' buildsys.mk.in
 # Enforce availability of the audacious(plugin-api) dependency.
 %{!?aud_plugin_dep:echo 'No audacious(plugin-api) dependency!' && exit -1}
 
+%if 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 8
+. /opt/rh/devtoolset-8/enable
+%endif
+
 # temporarily was required to make Qt's MOC accessible
 #rm -rf _bin
 #mkdir _bin