diff --git a/libproxy.spec b/libproxy.spec
index d56565a..deca40d 100644
--- a/libproxy.spec
+++ b/libproxy.spec
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ Source1:        proxy.1
 Patch0:         0001-Add-config-module-for-querying-PacRunner-d-mon.patch
 Patch1:         libproxy-0.4.11-crash.patch
 
-BuildRequires:  libmodman-devel >= 2.0.1
 BuildRequires:  cmake >= 2.6.0
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
+BuildRequires:  libmodman-devel >= 2.0.1
 
 %if ! 0%{?bootstrap}
 # gnome
@@ -243,6 +244,7 @@ make test
 %changelog
 * Fri May 04 2018 David King <amigadave@amigadave.com> - 0.4.15-6
 - Resurrect an old patch (#1459779)
+- Add BuildRequires on gcc-c++
 
 * Wed Feb 07 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.4.15-5
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_28_Mass_Rebuild