diff --git a/webcpp.spec b/webcpp.spec
index 850b2f0..710e992 100644
--- a/webcpp.spec
+++ b/webcpp.spec
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Source:		http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webcpp/%{name}-%{version}-src.tar.gz
 Patch0:		webcpp-0.8.4-typo.patch
 Patch1:     webcpp-0.8.4-gcc43.patch
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 %description
 Web C Plus Plus is a command line utility that takes your source 
 code, and converts it into an HTML file using a fully customizable