diff --git a/premake.spec b/premake.spec
index aa5b891..caa03fc 100644
--- a/premake.spec
+++ b/premake.spec
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Source0:        http://downloads.sourceforge.net/%{name}/premake-%{version}-src.
 Patch0:         premake-4.3-system-lua.patch
 # Add the missing manpage
 Patch1:         premake-4.3-manpage.patch
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  compat-lua-devel readline-devel
 
 %description