diff --git a/irssi.spec b/irssi.spec
index 4def296..2d71258 100644
--- a/irssi.spec
+++ b/irssi.spec
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Source1:	irssi-config.h
 BuildRequires:	ncurses-devel openssl-devel zlib-devel
 BuildRequires:	pkgconfig glib2-devel perl-devel perl-generators perl(ExtUtils::Embed)
 BuildRequires:	autoconf automake libtool utf8proc-devel libotr-devel
+BuildRequires: make
 Requires:	perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_%(eval "`%{__perl} -V:version`"; echo $version))
 Requires:	perl(lib)
 Requires:	perl(Symbol)