diff --git a/qrencode.spec b/qrencode.spec
index 44d0fbf..e46553b 100644
--- a/qrencode.spec
+++ b/qrencode.spec
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ License:        LGPLv2+
 URL:            http://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode/
 Source0:        http://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:	chrpath
 BuildRequires:	libpng-devel
 BuildRequires:	SDL-devel