diff --git a/babeltrace.spec b/babeltrace.spec
index 3600b73..4625e4f 100644
--- a/babeltrace.spec
+++ b/babeltrace.spec
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ BuildRequires:  swig >= 2.0
 BuildRequires:  elfutils-devel >= 0.154
 BuildRequires:  autoconf automake libtool
 BuildRequires:  gnupg2
+BuildRequires: make
 
 Requires:       lib%{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}