diff --git a/xmlrpc-c.spec b/xmlrpc-c.spec
index a445441..de8de57 100644
--- a/xmlrpc-c.spec
+++ b/xmlrpc-c.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           xmlrpc-c
-BuildRequires:  libxml2-devel openssl-devel pkgconfig
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++ libxml2-devel openssl-devel pkgconfig
 #BuildRequires:  w3c-libwww-devel
 Version:        1.06.14
 Release:        0