diff --git a/webcpp.spec b/webcpp.spec
index 710e992..b9237c1 100644
--- a/webcpp.spec
+++ b/webcpp.spec
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Patch0:		webcpp-0.8.4-typo.patch
 Patch1:     webcpp-0.8.4-gcc43.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  gcc
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
+
 %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