diff --git a/autoconf.spec b/autoconf.spec
index 52d70c0..d557c21 100644
--- a/autoconf.spec
+++ b/autoconf.spec
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ BuildRequires:      perl(Text::ParseWords)
 # build system and it produces empty man pages for those scripts if help2man is
 # not installed
 BuildRequires:      help2man
+BuildRequires:      make
 
 %if %{with check}
 %if %{with autoconf_enables_optional_test}