diff --git a/rest.spec b/rest.spec
index 0c2311a..0ac8aff 100644
--- a/rest.spec
+++ b/rest.spec
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Source0:       http://download.gnome.org/sources/%{name}/0.8/%{name}-%{version}.
 # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1445700
 Patch0:        rest-0.8.0-fix-the-XML-test.patch
 
+BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires: glib2-devel
 BuildRequires: gobject-introspection-devel
 BuildRequires: libsoup-devel