diff --git a/libxdg-basedir.spec b/libxdg-basedir.spec
index 2ca75de..9949096 100644
--- a/libxdg-basedir.spec
+++ b/libxdg-basedir.spec
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ developing applications that use %{name}.
 Summary:        Documentation files for %{name}
 Group:          Documentation
 Requires:       %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  doxygen
 
 %description    doc