diff --git a/speexdsp.spec b/speexdsp.spec
index 0c8ef02..f15083e 100644
--- a/speexdsp.spec
+++ b/speexdsp.spec
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ License:        BSD
 URL:            http://www.speex.org/
 Source0:        http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/speex/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 
+BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 # speexdsp was split from speex in 1.2rc2. As speexdsp does not depend on
 # speex, a versioned conflict is required.