diff --git a/scons.spec b/scons.spec
index 4f6970c..b2b2b2f 100644
--- a/scons.spec
+++ b/scons.spec
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Source0:   https://github.com/SCons/scons/archive/%{version}/scons-%{version}.ta
 Source1:   https://scons.org/doc/production/scons-doc-%%{version}.tar.gz
 %endif
 BuildArch: noarch
+BuildRequires: make
 
 %description
 SCons is an Open Source software construction tool--that is, a build