diff --git a/ucx.spec.in b/ucx.spec.in
index e909619f26d..7a0b84583ad 100644
--- a/ucx.spec.in
+++ b/ucx.spec.in
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ BuildRoot: %(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-XXXXXX)
 ExclusiveArch: aarch64 ppc64le x86_64
 
 BuildRequires: numactl-devel libibverbs-devel
-BuildRequires: automake autoconf libtool
+BuildRequires: automake autoconf libtool gcc-c++
 
 %description
 UCX stands for Unified Communication X. It requires either RDMA-capable device
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/*.la
 %postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Aug 16 2018 Andrey Maslennikov <andreyma@mellanox.com> 1.3.0-1
+- Explicitly set gcc-c++ as requirements
 * Wed Mar 7 2018 Andrey Maslennikov <andreyma@mellanox.com> 1.3.0-1
 - See NEWS for details
 * Mon Aug 21 2017 Andrey Maslennikov <andreyma@mellanox.com> 1.2.1-1