diff --git a/pyhunspell.spec b/pyhunspell.spec
index bd538a7..c404a27 100644
--- a/pyhunspell.spec
+++ b/pyhunspell.spec
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ License:        LGPLv3+
 URL:            https://github.com/blatinier/pyhunspell
 Source0:        https://github.com/blatinier/pyhunspell/archive/pyhunspell-%{version}.tar.gz
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  python2-devel hunspell-devel
 %if 0%{?with_python3}
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel