diff --git a/expat.changes b/expat.changes
index fd218c0..1591913 100644
--- a/expat.changes
+++ b/expat.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Apr  5 15:45:49 CEST 2009 - crrodriguez@suse.de
+
+- test suite requires gcc-c++ to compile 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Feb 19 04:55:08 CET 2009 - crrodriguez@suse.de
 
diff --git a/expat.spec b/expat.spec
index d075abf..26ff2ef 100644
--- a/expat.spec
+++ b/expat.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 Name:           expat
 Version:        2.0.1
-Release:        89
+Release:        90
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 License:        X11/MIT
 Url:            http://expat.sourceforge.net/
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Summary:        XML Parser Toolkit
 Source0:        %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1:        %{name}faq.html
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 
 %description
 Expat is an XML 1.0 parser written in C. It aims to be fully
@@ -183,6 +184,8 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_libdir}/libexpat.so
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Apr 05 2009 crrodriguez@suse.de
+- test suite requires gcc-c++ to compile
 * Thu Feb 19 2009 crrodriguez@suse.de
 - remove static libraries, shouldnt be needed anymore.
 - run make check