diff --git a/texi2html.spec b/texi2html.spec
index 1471213..e727926 100644
--- a/texi2html.spec
+++ b/texi2html.spec
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ URL: http://www.nongnu.org/texi2html/
 Requires: perl-interpreter >= 5.004
 Requires: latex2html
 # autotools for the unbundling patches
+BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires: autoconf automake
 BuildRequires: gcc-c++
 BuildRequires: latex2html texlive-tex4ht gettext