diff --git a/compface.spec b/compface.spec
index 492aaa3..88d3756 100644
--- a/compface.spec
+++ b/compface.spec
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Patch1:         compface-1.5.2-stack-smashing.patch
 Patch2:         compface-1.5.2-build.patch
 BuildRequires:  diffutils
 BuildRequires:  gcc
+BuildRequires: make
 
 %description
 This is the Compface image compression and decompression library and its