diff --git a/libspiro.spec b/libspiro.spec
index ab6fead..d33bdfd 100644
--- a/libspiro.spec
+++ b/libspiro.spec
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ URL:            https://github.com/fontforge/libspiro/
 # Let's use libspiro-dist tarball from upstream as it does not require autoreconf
 Source0:        https://github.com/fontforge/libspiro/releases/download/%{version}/libspiro-dist-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  gcc
+BuildRequires: make
 
 %description
 This library will take an array of spiro control points and