diff --git a/libselinux.spec b/libselinux.spec
index d88879e..37609e2 100644
--- a/libselinux.spec
+++ b/libselinux.spec
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Url: https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/wiki
 # $ VERSION=2.7 ./make-fedora-selinux-patch.sh libselinux
 # HEAD https://github.com/fedora-selinux/selinux/commit/4247fad665261169b430895f0ab10f56eb33dd10
 Patch1: libselinux-fedora.patch
+BuildRequires: gcc
 BuildRequires: python2 python2-devel ruby-devel ruby libsepol-static >= %{libsepolver} swig pcre2-devel xz-devel
 %if 0%{?with_python3}
 BuildRequires: python3 python3-devel