diff --git a/vhostmd.spec b/vhostmd.spec
index adfdbcc..453de70 100644
--- a/vhostmd.spec
+++ b/vhostmd.spec
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ URL:           http://gitorious.org/vhostmd
 Source0:       https://github.com/vhostmd/vhostmd/archive/v%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:       vhostmd.conf
 
+BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires: gcc
 BuildRequires: chrpath
 BuildRequires: perl-generators