diff --git a/utf8proc.spec b/utf8proc.spec
index 72fc5fb..9ce56f8 100644
--- a/utf8proc.spec
+++ b/utf8proc.spec
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Release: 1%{?dist}
 License: Unicode and MIT
 URL:     http://julialang.org/utf8proc/
 Source:  https://github.com/JuliaLang/utf8proc/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz#/%{name}-v%{version}.tar.gz
+BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires: gcc
 BuildRequires: perl