diff --git a/libinput.spec b/libinput.spec
index 50aa941..f8186f0 100644
--- a/libinput.spec
+++ b/libinput.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 Name:           libinput
 Version:        1.10.2
-Release:        2%{?gitdate:.%{gitdate}git%{gitversion}}%{?dist}
+Release:        3%{?gitdate:.%{gitdate}git%{gitversion}}%{?dist}
 Summary:        Input device library
 
 License:        MIT
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Source0:        http://www.freedesktop.org/software/libinput/libinput-%{version}
 %endif
 
 BuildRequires:  git-core
-BuildRequires:  gcc
+BuildRequires:  gcc gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  meson
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libudev)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(mtdev) >= 1.1.0
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ The %{name}-utils package contains tools to debug hardware and analyze
 %{_mandir}/man1/libinput-measure-trackpoint-range.1*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Mar 08 2018 Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@redhat.com> 1.10.2-3
+- Add BuildRequires gcc-c++, needed for a test build
+
 * Wed Mar 07 2018 Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@redhat.com> 1.10.2-2
 - libinput 1.10.2