diff --git a/libwpg.spec b/libwpg.spec
index 75c4a05..618bc26 100644
--- a/libwpg.spec
+++ b/libwpg.spec
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ URL:            http://libwpg.sourceforge.net/
 Source0:        http://download.sourceforge.net/libwpg/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 
 BuildRequires:  doxygen
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  help2man
 BuildRequires:  perl-generators
 BuildRequires:  perl(Getopt::Std)