diff --git a/libmaxminddb.spec b/libmaxminddb.spec
index 635a2e5..62b00cc 100644
--- a/libmaxminddb.spec
+++ b/libmaxminddb.spec
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  perl-interpreter
 BuildRequires:  perl(FindBin)
+BuildRequires: make
 
 %description
 The package contains libmaxminddb library.