diff --git a/freexl.spec b/freexl.spec
index 3edfe5f..d897083 100644
--- a/freexl.spec
+++ b/freexl.spec
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Summary:   Library to extract data from within an Excel spreadsheet
 License:   MPLv1.1 or GPLv2+ or LGPLv2+
 URL:       http://www.gaia-gis.it/FreeXL
 Source0:   http://www.gaia-gis.it/gaia-sins/%{name}-sources/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz 
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires: doxygen
 
 %description