diff --git a/gtest.spec b/gtest.spec
index e74fb93..c0fa7a3 100644
--- a/gtest.spec
+++ b/gtest.spec
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ Patch2:         gtest-1.8.0-fix-double-free-with-shared-libs.patch
 ## Set libversion for libraries to version of gtest
 ## WARNING: must be rediffed for each version bump
 Patch100:       gtest-1.8.0-libversion.patch
+BuildRequires:  gcc
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  cmake
 BuildRequires:  python2-devel
 %description