diff --git a/dbus-python.spec b/dbus-python.spec
index c65cbf0..ee1c9d6 100644
--- a/dbus-python.spec
+++ b/dbus-python.spec
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Summary: D-Bus bindings for python3
 BuildRequires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-devel
 # for py3_build
 BuildRequires: python3dist(setuptools)
+BuildRequires: make
 
 %description -n python%{python3_pkgversion}-dbus
 %{summary}.