diff --git a/roles/clipmenu/vars/main.yml b/roles/clipmenu/vars/main.yml
index c4ee6ec..cba69d4 100644
--- a/roles/clipmenu/vars/main.yml
+++ b/roles/clipmenu/vars/main.yml
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ clipmenu_shared_packages:
   - x11proto-core-dev
   - libx11-dev
   - libxfixes-dev
+  - gcc