diff --git a/ocaml-cppo.spec b/ocaml-cppo.spec
index 32f730d..ac24b3e 100644
--- a/ocaml-cppo.spec
+++ b/ocaml-cppo.spec
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ License:        BSD
 URL:            http://mjambon.com/cppo.html
 Source0:        https://github.com/ocaml-community/cppo/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz
 
+BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires:  ocaml >= 3.10.0
 BuildRequires:  ocaml-findlib
 %if !%{opt}