diff --git a/lnav.spec b/lnav.spec
index a93b8c9..48e9a2c 100644
--- a/lnav.spec
+++ b/lnav.spec
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ License:       BSD
 URL:           http://lnav.org
 Source0:       https://github.com/tstack/lnav/releases/download/v%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires: bzip2-devel
 BuildRequires: ncurses-devel
 BuildRequires: libcurl-devel