diff --git a/sgml-common.spec b/sgml-common.spec
index f2923d7..20d7791 100644
--- a/sgml-common.spec
+++ b/sgml-common.spec
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Patch0: sgml-common-umask.patch
 Patch1: sgml-common-xmldir.patch
 Patch2: sgml-common-quotes.patch
 
+BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires: libxml2
 BuildRequires: automake
 Requires: %{_bindir}/basename