diff --git a/glib2.spec b/glib2.spec
index db6f745..6e25548 100644
--- a/glib2.spec
+++ b/glib2.spec
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ URL: http://www.gtk.org
 Source0: http://download.gnome.org/sources/glib/2.59/glib-%{version}.tar.xz
 
 BuildRequires: chrpath
+BuildRequires: gcc
+BuildRequires: gcc-c++
 BuildRequires: gettext
 BuildRequires: perl-interpreter
 # for sys/inotify.h