diff --git a/xml-security-c.spec b/xml-security-c.spec
index fb3bd84..cd1a3ea 100644
--- a/xml-security-c.spec
+++ b/xml-security-c.spec
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ License:	ASL 2.0
 URL:		http://santuario.apache.org/c/
 Source0:	https://www.apache.org/dist/santuario/c-library/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch1:		%{name}-ac_fixes.patch
+BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires:	autoconf
 BuildRequires:	automake
 BuildRequires:	gcc-c++