diff --git a/libpfm.spec b/libpfm.spec
index ab04d61..04350d9 100644
--- a/libpfm.spec
+++ b/libpfm.spec
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ URL:		http://perfmon2.sourceforge.net/
 Source0:	http://sourceforge.net/projects/perfmon2/files/libpfm4/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch2:		libpfm-python3-setup.patch
 
+BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires:	gcc
 %if %{with python}
 BuildRequires:	python3