diff --git a/mingw-readline.spec b/mingw-readline.spec
index e3bd274..b0c72e8 100644
--- a/mingw-readline.spec
+++ b/mingw-readline.spec
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Patch2:         readline-8.1-posix-signals.patch
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
+BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires:  mingw32-filesystem >= 95
 BuildRequires:  mingw32-gcc
 BuildRequires:  mingw32-binutils