diff --git a/kawa.spec b/kawa.spec
index 3c8f87c..eae0f70 100644
--- a/kawa.spec
+++ b/kawa.spec
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ BuildRequires:  readline-devel
 BuildRequires:  jboss-servlet-3.0-api
 BuildRequires:  texinfo
 BuildRequires:  util-linux-ng
+BuildRequires: make
 Requires:       jboss-servlet-3.0-api
 Requires:       java-headless