diff --git a/guile22.spec b/guile22.spec
index 61fcaa6..8863bbc 100644
--- a/guile22.spec
+++ b/guile22.spec
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Release: 5%{?dist}
 Source: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/guile/guile-%{version}.tar.xz
 URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/
 License: LGPLv3+
-BuildRequires: libtool libtool-ltdl-devel gmp-devel readline-devel
+BuildRequires: gcc libtool libtool-ltdl-devel gmp-devel readline-devel
 BuildRequires: gettext-devel libunistring-devel libffi-devel gc-devel
 Requires(post): /sbin/install-info
 Requires: coreutils