diff --git a/sparse.spec b/sparse.spec
index 7bcfbd8..320cbc7 100644
--- a/sparse.spec
+++ b/sparse.spec
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Summary:    A semantic parser of source files
 Group:      Development/Tools
 License:    MIT
 URL:        https://sparse.wiki.kernel.org
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires: libxml2-devel gtk2-devel
 
 Source0:    http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/devel/sparse/dist/sparse-%{version}.tar.xz