diff --git a/libiptcdata.spec b/libiptcdata.spec
index b61610a..1be89e9 100644
--- a/libiptcdata.spec
+++ b/libiptcdata.spec
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ metadata.
 Summary:        Python bindings for libiptcdata
 Requires:       %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel
+BuildRequires: make
 
 %description -n python3-%{name}
 The libiptcdata-python package contains a Python module that allows Python