diff --git a/cockpit-podman.spec b/cockpit-podman.spec
index e7c3f28..5afc7e5 100644
--- a/cockpit-podman.spec
+++ b/cockpit-podman.spec
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ URL:            https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit-podman
 Source0:        https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit-podman/releases/download/%{version}/cockpit-podman-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildArch:      noarch
 BuildRequires:  libappstream-glib
+BuildRequires: make
 
 Requires:       cockpit-bridge >= 138
 Requires:       cockpit-shell >= 138