diff --git a/pkcs11-helper.spec b/pkcs11-helper.spec
index 2eb943f..d21c3c2 100644
--- a/pkcs11-helper.spec
+++ b/pkcs11-helper.spec
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ URL:            http://www.opensc-project.org/opensc/wiki/pkcs11-helper
 Source0:        http://downloads.sourceforge.net/opensc/pkcs11-helper-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Patch2:         pkcs11-helper-rfc7512.patch
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  doxygen graphviz
 BuildRequires:  openssl-devel