diff --git a/libdb.spec b/libdb.spec
index 0cd818a..528bda0 100644
--- a/libdb.spec
+++ b/libdb.spec
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ BuildRequires: perl-interpreter libtool
 BuildRequires: tcl-devel >= %{__tclversion}
 BuildRequires: chrpath
 BuildRequires: zlib-devel
+BuildRequires: make
 Conflicts: filesystem < 3
 
 %description