diff --git a/xfce4-notes-plugin.spec b/xfce4-notes-plugin.spec
index e6ca6d7..22c1037 100644
--- a/xfce4-notes-plugin.spec
+++ b/xfce4-notes-plugin.spec
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Source0:        http://archive.xfce.org/src/panel-plugins/%{name}/%{minor_versio
 
 Patch1:         xfce4-notes-plugin-1.8.0-format-security.patch
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  xfce4-panel-devel >= 4.4.0, libxfce4ui-devel >= 4.4.0
 BuildRequires:  xfconf-devel >= 4.6.0
 BuildRequires:  unique-devel