diff --git a/tinycdb.spec b/tinycdb.spec
index 8edb63f..e68a1ae 100644
--- a/tinycdb.spec
+++ b/tinycdb.spec
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Source0:	http://www.corpit.ru/mjt/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 # taken from the 0.77 tarball
 Source1:	libcdb.pc
 
+BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 %description
 tinycdb is a small, fast and reliable utility and subroutine library for