diff --git a/docbook2X.spec b/docbook2X.spec
index 663cc3c..5b9b7e1 100644
--- a/docbook2X.spec
+++ b/docbook2X.spec
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  perl-interpreter perl-generators libxslt openjade texinfo %{_bindir}/sgml2xml
 # required by the perl -c calls during build
 BuildRequires:  perl(XML::SAX::ParserFactory)
+BuildRequires: make
 # rpmlint isn't happy with libxslt, but we need xsltproc
 Requires:       libxslt openjade texinfo %{_bindir}/sgml2xml
 Requires:  perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_%(eval "`%{__perl} -V:version`"; echo $version))