diff --git a/lzop.spec b/lzop.spec
index 9b2a419..43035c9 100644
--- a/lzop.spec
+++ b/lzop.spec
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ URL:		https://www.lzop.org/
 Source:		https://www.lzop.org/download/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch0:		lzop-1.03-gcc5_ppc64.patch
 Patch1:		lzop-1.03-gcc6.patch
+BuildRequires:	gcc
 BuildRequires:	lzo-devel
 
 %description
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT INSTALL='install -p' install
 
 %changelog
 * Mon Feb 19 2018 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> - 1.03-20
+- add explicit BR for the gcc compiler
 - use https:// in URL and Source
 
 * Thu Feb 08 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.03-19