diff --git a/anda/langs/crystal/shards/shards.spec b/anda/langs/crystal/shards/shards.spec
index 3392e7bb57..01e6401fea 100644
--- a/anda/langs/crystal/shards/shards.spec
+++ b/anda/langs/crystal/shards/shards.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Summary:       Dependency manager for the Crystal language
 License:       Apache-2.0
 URL:           https://crystal-lang.org/
 Source0:       https://github.com/crystal-lang/shards/archive/refs/tags/v%version.tar.gz
-BuildRequires: crystal make
+BuildRequires: crystal make gcc
 Suggests:      git make
 Supplements:   crystal