diff --git a/xapian-core.spec b/xapian-core.spec
index 25101e1..3bc9221 100644
--- a/xapian-core.spec
+++ b/xapian-core.spec
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ URL:           http://www.xapian.org/
 Source0:       http://www.oligarchy.co.uk/xapian/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 Patch0:        %{name}-gcc11.patch
 
+BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires: gcc gcc-c++
 BuildRequires: libuuid-devel
 BuildRequires: zlib-devel