diff --git a/avogadro2.spec b/avogadro2.spec
index 70f03a5..a3a9fdd 100644
--- a/avogadro2.spec
+++ b/avogadro2.spec
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ BuildRequires:  molequeue-devel, spglib-devel
 BuildRequires:  %{?dts}gcc, %{?dts}gcc-c++, doxygen
 BuildRequires:  eigen3-devel, hdf5-devel, glew-devel
 BuildRequires:  qt5-qtbase-devel, qt5-qttools-devel
+BuildRequires:  make
 %if 0%{?fedora}
 BuildRequires:  libappstream-glib
 %endif