diff --git a/libreoffice.spec b/libreoffice.spec
index f09483e..f940bbd 100644
--- a/libreoffice.spec
+++ b/libreoffice.spec
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 %endif
 %bcond_with firebird
 %if 0%{?gcc_version} < 12
-%define with_gcc 12
+%global with_gcc 12
 %endif
 Name:           libreoffice
 Version:        24.2.1.2
@@ -329,8 +329,13 @@ BuildRequires:  libmariadb-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(icu-i18n)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libopenjp2)
 %endif
+%if 0%{?with_gcc:1}
 BuildRequires:  gcc%{with_gcc}
 BuildRequires:  gcc%{with_gcc}-c++
+%else
+BuildRequires:  gcc
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
+%endif
 BuildRequires:  java-devel >= 1.8
 %if 0%{?suse_version}
 # needed by python3_sitelib