diff --git a/mingw-expat.spec b/mingw-expat.spec
index eac22ec..7bd706d 100644
--- a/mingw-expat.spec
+++ b/mingw-expat.spec
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Source0:        http://downloads.sourceforge.net/expat/expat-%{version}.tar.bz2
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
+BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires:  mingw32-filesystem >= 95
 BuildRequires:  mingw32-gcc
 BuildRequires:  mingw32-binutils