diff --git a/readline.spec b/readline.spec
index 656e620..233d191 100644
--- a/readline.spec
+++ b/readline.spec
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Source: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-%{version}.tar.gz
 # Remove RPATH, use CFLAGS
 Patch101: readline-8.0-shlib.patch
 
+BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires: gcc
 BuildRequires: ncurses-devel