diff --git a/flex.spec b/flex.spec
index 5f3bc5d..2dafd28 100644
--- a/flex.spec
+++ b/flex.spec
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ Patch3: flex-yy_buf_size.patch
 Patch4: flex-yybytes_len.patch
 
 Requires: m4
-BuildRequires:  gcc
-BuildRequires: gettext bison m4 help2man
+BuildRequires: gettext bison m4 help2man gcc gcc-c++
 Requires(post): /sbin/install-info
 Requires(preun): /sbin/install-info
 
@@ -135,6 +134,9 @@ echo ============END TESTING===========
 %{_pkgdocdir}
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jul 23 2018 Arjun Shankar <arjun@redhat.com> - 2.6.1-10
+- Add gcc-c++ as a build-time requirement
+
 * Fri Jul 13 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.6.1-9
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_29_Mass_Rebuild