diff --git a/cfitsio.spec b/cfitsio.spec
index c22e3e8..446c79c 100644
--- a/cfitsio.spec
+++ b/cfitsio.spec
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Patch5: cfitsio-3.47-soname.patch
 
 BuildRequires:     gcc-gfortran zlib-devel
 BuildRequires:     bzip2-devel
+BuildRequires: make
 
 %description
 CFITSIO is a library of C and FORTRAN subroutines for reading and writing