diff --git a/libabw.spec b/libabw.spec
index 703e883..d46b8c1 100644
--- a/libabw.spec
+++ b/libabw.spec
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ BuildRequires: pkgconfig(librevenge-generators-0.0)
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(librevenge-stream-0.0)
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(libxml-2.0)
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(zlib)
+BuildRequires: make
 
 %description
 %{name} is a library for import of AbiWord files.