diff --git a/hunspell-en.spec b/hunspell-en.spec
index b651fe0..49ec65f 100644
--- a/hunspell-en.spec
+++ b/hunspell-en.spec
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ URL: http://wordlist.sourceforge.net/
 License: LGPLv2+ and LGPLv2 and BSD
 BuildArch: noarch
 BuildRequires: aspell, zip, dos2unix, perl-Getopt-Long, gcc-c++
+BuildRequires: make
 Requires: hunspell
 Requires: hunspell-en-US = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires: hunspell-en-GB = %{version}-%{release}