diff --git a/cppunit.spec b/cppunit.spec
index 227e725..b2cb917 100644
--- a/cppunit.spec
+++ b/cppunit.spec
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Url: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/cppunit/
 Source: http://dev-www.libreoffice.org/src/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 
 BuildRequires: doxygen
+BuildRequires: gcc-c++
 BuildRequires: graphviz
 
 %description