diff --git a/libassuan.spec b/libassuan.spec
index 58018c4..052d5e0 100644
--- a/libassuan.spec
+++ b/libassuan.spec
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Patch1:  libassuan-2.5.2-multilib.patch
 BuildRequires: gcc
 BuildRequires: gawk
 BuildRequires: libgpg-error-devel >= 1.8
+BuildRequires: make
 
 %description
 This is the IPC library used by GnuPG 2, GPGME and a few other