diff --git a/libgdither.spec b/libgdither.spec
index 5c7662f..fe40357 100644
--- a/libgdither.spec
+++ b/libgdither.spec
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Patch0:         libgdither-0.6-default.patch
 Patch1:         libgdither-0.6-gavl.patch
 Patch2:         libgdither-0.6-ldflags.patch
 
-BuildRequires:  gcc
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  fftw-devel >= 3.0.0