diff --git a/tix.spec b/tix.spec
index 9f53ebe..5174f1a 100644
--- a/tix.spec
+++ b/tix.spec
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Patch2: tix-8.4.3-covscan-fixes.patch
 Requires: tcl(abi) = 8.6
 Requires: tcl >= %{tcltkver}, tk >= %{tcltkver}
 Requires: /etc/ld.so.conf.d
+BuildRequires: make
 Buildrequires: tcl-devel >= %{tcltkver}, tk-devel >= %{tcltkver}
 BuildRequires: libX11-devel
 BuildRequires: gcc