diff --git a/combblas.spec b/combblas.spec
index e4456e4..704210e 100644
--- a/combblas.spec
+++ b/combblas.spec
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ Development files for %{name}-openmpi
 %package mpich
 Summary:       The Combinatorial BLAS Library
 BuildRequires: mpich-devel
+BuildRequires: make
 Requires:      mpich%{?_isa}
 Provides:      Graph500-mpich%{?_isa} = 1.2
 Provides:      %{truename}-mpich%{?_isa} = %version-%release