diff --git a/debconf.spec b/debconf.spec
index 2a9deec..226a7ca 100644
--- a/debconf.spec
+++ b/debconf.spec
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ BuildRequires:  po4a >= 0.23
 BuildRequires:  gettext >= 0.13
 BuildRequires:  perl-generators
 BuildRequires:  perl-interpreter
+BuildRequires: make
 
 Requires:       perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_%(eval "`%{__perl} -V:version`"; echo $version))
 # Required in Debconf/Encoding.pm