diff --git a/waybar.changes b/waybar.changes
index a3a0063..7ee4be7 100644
--- a/waybar.changes
+++ b/waybar.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec  8 16:59:46 UTC 2021 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Declare g++ >= 8 is needed for building.
+
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 Mon Aug 16 14:25:05 UTC 2021 - Michael Vetter <mvetter@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/waybar.spec b/waybar.spec
index 0e04e85..b536a35 100644
--- a/waybar.spec
+++ b/waybar.spec
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ URL:            https://github.com/Alexays/Waybar
 #Source:         https://github.com/Alexays/Waybar/archive/%{version}.tar.gz
 Source:         %{version}.tar.xz
 BuildRequires:  cmake
-BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++ >= 8
 BuildRequires:  gtk-layer-shell-devel
 BuildRequires:  meson
 BuildRequires:  ninja