diff --git a/minicom.spec b/minicom.spec
index 34afd0d..0cd3d0b 100644
--- a/minicom.spec
+++ b/minicom.spec
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Patch9: 0002-Drop-superfluous-global-variable-definitions.patch
 # Upstream patch:
 Patch10: 0003-Drop-superfluous-global-variable-definitions.patch
 
+BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires: lockdev-devel ncurses-devel autoconf automake gettext-devel
 BuildRequires: gcc
 # For %%autosetup -S git: