diff --git a/mg.spec b/mg.spec
index 3bf888b..038228a 100644
--- a/mg.spec
+++ b/mg.spec
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Summary:	Tiny Emacs-like editor
 License:	BSD and ISC and MirOS
 URL:		http://homepage.boetes.org/software/mg/
 Source0:	https://github.com/hboetes/%{name}/archive/%{version}.tar.gz
+BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:	ncurses-devel
 BuildRequires:	libbsd-devel >= 0.7.0