diff --git a/gnome-doc-utils.spec b/gnome-doc-utils.spec
index 8015639..14cf2e6 100644
--- a/gnome-doc-utils.spec
+++ b/gnome-doc-utils.spec
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Patch1:  gnome-doc-utils-0.14.0-package.patch
 
 BuildArch: noarch
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires: libxml2-devel >= 2.6.12
 BuildRequires: libxslt-devel >= 1.1.8
 BuildRequires: python2-libxml2