diff --git a/alien.spec b/alien.spec
index 04ea0f0..3664c68 100644
--- a/alien.spec
+++ b/alien.spec
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Requires:       perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_%(eval "`%{__perl} -V:version`"; echo $versi
 
 BuildRequires:  perl-generators
 BuildRequires:  perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker)
+BuildRequires: make
 
 BuildArch:      noarch