diff --git a/game-music-emu.spec b/game-music-emu.spec
index 7be3b06..577172d 100644
--- a/game-music-emu.spec
+++ b/game-music-emu.spec
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ License:        LGPLv2+
 URL:            https://bitbucket.org/mpyne/game-music-emu/wiki/Home
 Source0:        https://bitbucket.org/mpyne/game-music-emu/downloads/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  cmake
 # needed to build the player
 BuildRequires:  SDL-devel