diff --git a/xmlcopyeditor.spec b/xmlcopyeditor.spec
index 9ea3973..865cf3b 100644
--- a/xmlcopyeditor.spec
+++ b/xmlcopyeditor.spec
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ License:        GPLv2
 URL:            http://xml-copy-editor.sourceforge.net/
 Source0:        http://downloads.sourceforge.net/xml-copy-editor/%name-%version.tar.gz
 
+BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires:  gcc gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  wxGTK3-devel pcre-devel aspell-devel boost-devel intltool
 BuildRequires:  xerces-c-devel libxslt-devel expat-devel desktop-file-utils libappstream-glib