diff --git a/python-Bottleneck.spec b/python-Bottleneck.spec
index 941b5fa..8d11231 100644
--- a/python-Bottleneck.spec
+++ b/python-Bottleneck.spec
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ This package contains the HTML-docs for %{name}.
 %package -n python2-%{upname}
 Summary:	Collection of fast NumPy array functions written in Cython
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:	python2-numpy
 BuildRequires:	python2-numpydoc
 BuildRequires:	python2-nose