diff --git a/zile.spec b/zile.spec
index 0cba80f..9e31d64 100644
--- a/zile.spec
+++ b/zile.spec
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ License: GPLv3+
 Group: Applications/Editors
 URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/%{name}/
 Source0: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires: ncurses-devel gc-devel help2man autoconf automake
 
 %description