diff --git a/maildir-utils.spec b/maildir-utils.spec
index 964003b..cec4052 100644
--- a/maildir-utils.spec
+++ b/maildir-utils.spec
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ License:        GPLv3+
 URL:            http://www.djcbsoftware.nl/code/mu/index.html
 Source0:        https://github.com/djcb/mu/releases/download/%{version}/mu-%{version}.tar.xz
 
+BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++