diff --git a/aiksaurus.spec b/aiksaurus.spec
index c9ee433..1885907 100644
--- a/aiksaurus.spec
+++ b/aiksaurus.spec
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  gtk2-devel
 BuildRequires:  desktop-file-utils
+BuildRequires: make
 
 %description
 Aiksaurus is an English-language thesaurus library that can be