diff --git a/xcb-util-cursor.spec b/xcb-util-cursor.spec
index 5fa46fe..348559a 100644
--- a/xcb-util-cursor.spec
+++ b/xcb-util-cursor.spec
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Summary:	Cursor library on top of libxcb
 License:	MIT
 URL:		http://xcb.freedesktop.org
 Source0:	http://xcb.freedesktop.org/dist/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
+BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:	pkgconfig(xcb-util) >= 0.3.8
 BuildRequires:	pkgconfig(xcb-render)