diff --git a/yasm.spec b/yasm.spec
index fba8e43..fae4558 100644
--- a/yasm.spec
+++ b/yasm.spec
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ URL: http://yasm.tortall.net/
 Source: http://www.tortall.net/projects/yasm/releases/yasm-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch1: 0001-Update-elf-objfmt.c.patch
 
+BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires: bison
 BuildRequires: byacc