diff --git a/libsepol.spec b/libsepol.spec
index 9d3f57c..c6dd6e3 100644
--- a/libsepol.spec
+++ b/libsepol.spec
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/SELinuxProject/selinux/files/rele
 # HEAD https://github.com/fedora-selinux/selinux/commit/2d0b90c1d95ec908f94c06337ec07a96b7d1205e
 Patch1: libsepol-fedora.patch
 URL: https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/wiki
+BuildRequires: gcc
 BuildRequires: flex
 
 %description