diff --git a/moreutils.spec b/moreutils.spec
index 68041e1..23c3901 100644
--- a/moreutils.spec
+++ b/moreutils.spec
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ URL:            http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/moreutils/
 Source0:        http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/m/%{name}/%{name}_%{version}.orig.tar.xz
 # fixes docbook XSL path
 Patch1:         0001-dont-overwrite-docbooxsl-path.patch
+BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  docbook2X docbook-dtds libxml2 perl-generators perl-podlators docbook-style-xsl
 Requires:       perl-TimeDate perl-Time-Duration perl-Time-HiRes perl-IPC-Run