diff --git a/cdsclient.spec b/cdsclient.spec
index c62d09e..460d881 100644
--- a/cdsclient.spec
+++ b/cdsclient.spec
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Patch0:         fix_makefile_debuginfo.patch
 Patch1:         abibcode_share_location_trim.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  gcc
+BuildRequires: make
 
 # wget is used by some of the shell scripts to fetch data from servers
 Requires:       wget