diff --git a/r/r.spec b/r/r.spec
index 660c6381e9..977787024c 100644
--- a/r/r.spec
+++ b/r/r.spec
@@ -31,15 +31,15 @@ Distribution: OpenPKG Community
 Class:        EVAL
 Group:        Algorithm
 License:      GPL
-Version:      3.4.3
-Release:      20171130
+Version:      3.4.4
+Release:      20180315
 
 #   list of sources
 Source0:      http://cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-3/R-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch0:       r.patch
 
 #   build information
-BuildPreReq:  OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20160101, gcc, gcc::with_fortran = yes, make
+BuildPreReq:  OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20160101, gcc, gcc::with_cxx = yes, gcc::with_fortran = yes, make
 PreReq:       OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20160101
 BuildPreReq:  readline, png, jpeg, zlib, bzip2, pcre
 PreReq:       readline, png, jpeg, zlib, bzip2, pcre