diff --git a/gnome-autoar.spec b/gnome-autoar.spec
index 649b6d2..25ba088 100644
--- a/gnome-autoar.spec
+++ b/gnome-autoar.spec
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gobject-introspection-1.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gtk+-3.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libarchive)
 BuildRequires:  vala
+BuildRequires: make
 
 %description
 gnome-autoar is a GObject based library for handling archives.