diff --git a/libxshmfence.spec b/libxshmfence.spec
index c302b2d..c45e364 100644
--- a/libxshmfence.spec
+++ b/libxshmfence.spec
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Source0:        https://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/lib/%{name}-%{ve
 # upstream tarball has broken libtool because libtool is never not broken
 BuildRequires:  autoconf automake libtool xorg-x11-util-macros
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(xproto)
+BuildRequires: make
 #Requires:       
 
 %description