diff --git a/hunspell.spec b/hunspell.spec
index beb21cc..d020dd2 100644
--- a/hunspell.spec
+++ b/hunspell.spec
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ BuildRequires: valgrind
 %if %{double_profiling_build}
 BuildRequires: words
 %endif
+BuildRequires: make
 Requires:  hunspell-en-US
 
 Patch0: 0001-invalid-read-memory-access-624.patch