diff --git a/checkpolicy.spec b/checkpolicy.spec
index 77a3e7e..e0bbd01 100644
--- a/checkpolicy.spec
+++ b/checkpolicy.spec
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/SELinuxProject/selinux/files/rele
 # HEAD https://github.com/fedora-selinux/selinux/commit/4247fad665261169b430895f0ab10f56eb33dd10
 Patch1: checkpolicy-fedora.patch
 Conflicts: selinux-policy-base < 3.13.1-138
+BuildRequires: gcc
 BuildRequires: byacc bison flex flex-static libsepol-static >= %{libsepolver} libselinux-devel  >= %{libselinuxver} 
 
 %description