diff --git a/mlocate.spec b/mlocate.spec
index f7c9073..e7b2e1e 100644
--- a/mlocate.spec
+++ b/mlocate.spec
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Requires(pre): shadow-utils
 Requires(post): grep, sed
 # standard systemd requires
 %{?systemd_requires}
+BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires: systemd
 BuildRequires: gcc
 Provides: bundled(gnulib)