diff --git a/ruby-augeas.spec b/ruby-augeas.spec
index 781549d..c5e288a 100644
--- a/ruby-augeas.spec
+++ b/ruby-augeas.spec
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ BuildRequires:  ruby rubygem(rdoc)
 BuildRequires:  ruby-devel
 BuildRequires:  augeas-devel >= 1.0.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 Requires:       ruby(release)
 Requires:       augeas-libs >= 1.0.0
 Provides:       ruby(augeas) = %{version}
@@ -46,6 +47,9 @@ ruby tests/tc_augeas.rb
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Oct 26 2018 David Lutterkort <lutter@watzmann.net> - 0.5.0-18
+- Add "BR: gcc" to fix FTBFS (rhbz#1606146)
+
 * Sat Jul 14 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.5.0-17
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_29_Mass_Rebuild