diff --git a/gtkmm24.spec b/gtkmm24.spec
index cbd498d..9d9933a 100644
--- a/gtkmm24.spec
+++ b/gtkmm24.spec
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ License:        LGPLv2+
 URL:            http://www.gtkmm.org/
 Source0:        http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gtkmm/%{release_version}/gtkmm-%{version}.tar.xz
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  glibmm24-devel >= 2.24
 BuildRequires:  atkmm-devel >= 2.22
 BuildRequires:  gtk2-devel >= 2.24