diff --git a/gdcm.spec b/gdcm.spec
index 1169c9b..7c33605 100644
--- a/gdcm.spec
+++ b/gdcm.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:		gdcm
 Version:	2.8.4
-Release:	4%{?dist}
+Release:	5%{?dist}
 Summary:	Grassroots DiCoM is a C++ library to parse DICOM medical files
 License:	BSD
 URL:		http://gdcm.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ BuildRequires:	json-c-devel
 BuildRequires:	libxml2-devel
 #BuildRequires:	texlive-ec
 #BuildRequires:	vtk-devel
+BuildRequires: gcc gcc-c++
 
 
 %description
@@ -289,6 +290,9 @@ make test -C %{_target_platform} || exit 0
 %{python3_sitearch}/__pycache__/%{name}*
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Mar 10 2018 Ankur Sinha <ankursinha AT fedoraproject DOT org> - 2.8.4-5
+- Add g++ to BR
+
 * Tue Mar 06 2018 Björn Esser <besser82@fedoraproject.org> - 2.8.4-4
 - Rebuilt for libjson-c.so.4 (json-c v0.13.1)