diff --git a/socat.spec b/socat.spec
index 01359e5..79a0e7d 100644
--- a/socat.spec
+++ b/socat.spec
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Source: http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/download/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch1: socat-1.7.3.3-warn.patch
 Patch2: socat-1.7.4.0-uint64_t.patch
 
+BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires: openssl-devel readline-devel ncurses-devel
 BuildRequires: autoconf kernel-headers > 2.6.18