diff --git a/gavl.spec b/gavl.spec
index fe58435..2789e1f 100644
--- a/gavl.spec
+++ b/gavl.spec
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ BuildRequires:  doxygen
 
 BuildRequires:  libpng-devel >= 1.0.8
 BuildRequires:  libgdither-devel
+BuildRequires: make
 # Gavl use an internal tweaked libsamplerate version
 # ufortunately the libsamplerate doesn't want a patch 
 # that will break ABI