diff --git a/augeas.spec b/augeas.spec
index f7dd470..083cd1b 100644
--- a/augeas.spec
+++ b/augeas.spec
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Provides:       bundled(gnulib)
 
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  readline-devel libselinux-devel libxml2-devel
+BuildRequires: make
 Requires:       %{name}-libs = %{version}-%{release}
 
 %description