diff --git a/libfakekey.spec b/libfakekey.spec
index ce7cee7..6bc00c7 100644
--- a/libfakekey.spec
+++ b/libfakekey.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ License:        LGPLv2+
 URL:            http://projects.o-hand.com/matchbox/
 
 Source0:        http://matchbox-project.org/sources/libfakekey/0.1/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
-BuildRequires:  gcc
+BuildRequires:  gcc gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  libXtst-devel
 BuildRequires:  libXi-devel