diff --git a/libodfgen.spec b/libodfgen.spec
index c32dba3..f876685 100644
--- a/libodfgen.spec
+++ b/libodfgen.spec
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ URL: https://sourceforge.net/p/libwpd/wiki/libodfgen/
 Source: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/libwpd/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 
 BuildRequires: doxygen
+BuildRequires: gcc-c++
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(librevenge-0.0)
 
 Patch0: 0001-tdf-101077-make-double-string-conversion-locale-agno.patch