diff --git a/libshout.spec b/libshout.spec
index ac81f32..5ba2113 100644
--- a/libshout.spec
+++ b/libshout.spec
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(vorbis)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(speex)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(theora)
 BuildRequires:  sed
+BuildRequires: make
 
 %description
 libshout is a library for communicating with and sending data to an