diff --git a/perl-Alien-wxWidgets.spec b/perl-Alien-wxWidgets.spec
index b4635d5..d49f7fe 100644
--- a/perl-Alien-wxWidgets.spec
+++ b/perl-Alien-wxWidgets.spec
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 Name:           perl-Alien-wxWidgets
 Version:        0.69
-Release:        7%{?dist}
+Release:        8%{?dist}
 Summary:        Building, finding and using wxWidgets binaries
 Group:          Development/Libraries
 License:        GPL+ or Artistic
 URL:            https://metacpan.org/release/Alien-wxWidgets
 Source0:        https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/M/MB/MBARBON/Alien-wxWidgets-%{version}.tar.gz
+BuildRequires:  gcc, gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  wxGTK-devel, wxGTK3-devel
 # A lot of stuff used by inc/My/Build/Base.pm.
 BuildRequires:  perl-interpreter
@@ -66,6 +67,9 @@ chmod -R u+w $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/*
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jul 23 2018 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 0.69-8
+- add BuildRequires: gcc, gcc-c++ to generate sane configs
+
 * Fri Jul 13 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.69-7
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_29_Mass_Rebuild