diff --git a/cdsclient.spec b/cdsclient.spec
index 0174055..be90800 100644
--- a/cdsclient.spec
+++ b/cdsclient.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           cdsclient
 Version:        3.84
-Release:        5%{?dist}
+Release:        6%{?dist}
 Summary:        Tools to query databases at CDS
 
 License:        GPLv3
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ Patch0:         fix_makefile_debuginfo.patch
 # arch independent data
 Patch1:         abibcode_share_location_trim.patch
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc
+
 # wget is used by some of the shell scripts to fetch data from servers
 Requires:       wget
 
@@ -72,6 +74,9 @@ mv %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/abibcode.awk %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}/abibcode.
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jul 13 2018 Christian Dersch <lupinix.fedora@gmail.com> - 3.84-6
+- BuildRequires: gcc
+
 * Thu Jul 12 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 3.84-5
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_29_Mass_Rebuild