diff --git a/nitrogen.spec b/nitrogen.spec
index 7a7cd64..e897731 100644
--- a/nitrogen.spec
+++ b/nitrogen.spec
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ License:        GPLv2+ and zlib and CC-BY-SA
 URL:            https://github.com/l3ib/%{name}/
 Source:         https://github.com/l3ib/%{name}/releases/download/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch0:         appdata.patch
+BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires:  gtkmm24-devel
 BuildRequires:  libpng-devel
 BuildRequires:  gettext