diff --git a/libtdb.spec b/libtdb.spec
index b006fc4..8250938 100644
--- a/libtdb.spec
+++ b/libtdb.spec
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ License: LGPLv3+
 URL: http://tdb.samba.org/
 Source: http://samba.org/ftp/tdb/tdb-%{version}.tar.gz
 
+BuildRequires: gcc
 BuildRequires: libxslt
 BuildRequires: docbook-style-xsl
 BuildRequires: python2-devel