diff --git a/stdair.spec b/stdair.spec
index 8ed89b9..5285bbe 100644
--- a/stdair.spec
+++ b/stdair.spec
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Group:          System Environment/Libraries
 License:        LGPLv2+
 URL:            http://%{name}.sourceforge.net
 Source0:        http://downloads.sourceforge.net/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  cmake, python2-devel
 BuildRequires:  boost-devel, soci-mysql-devel, soci-sqlite3-devel
 BuildRequires:  boost-python2-devel