diff --git a/man-db.spec b/man-db.spec
index 3607647..e43df74 100644
--- a/man-db.spec
+++ b/man-db.spec
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Provides: man-pages-reader = %{version}
 Provides: bundled(gnulib) = %{gnulib_ver}
 
 Requires: coreutils, grep, groff-base, gzip, less
+BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires: gcc
 BuildRequires: systemd
 BuildRequires: gdbm-devel, gettext, groff, less, libpipeline-devel, zlib-devel