diff --git a/acpitool.spec b/acpitool.spec
index 90c0437..942af60 100644
--- a/acpitool.spec
+++ b/acpitool.spec
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 Summary: Command line ACPI client
 Name: acpitool
 Version: 0.5.1
-Release: 17%{?dist}
+Release: 18%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2+
 Group: Applications/System
 URL: http://freeunix.dyndns.org:8000/site2/acpitool.shtml
+BuildRequires: gcc-c++
 
 Source0: http://freeunix.dyndns.org:8088/ftp_site/pub/unix/acpitool/acpitool-%{version}.tar.bz2
 #Patch0: acpitool-0.5-gcc43.patch
@@ -36,6 +37,9 @@ make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_mandir}/man1/acpitool*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jul 23 2018 Al Stone <ahs3@redhat.com> - 0.5.1-18
+- Add in BuildRequires for C++.  Closes BZ1603341.
+
 * Thu Jul 12 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.5.1-17
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_29_Mass_Rebuild