diff --git a/pidgin-chime.spec b/pidgin-chime.spec
index 14e5183..95de690 100644
--- a/pidgin-chime.spec
+++ b/pidgin-chime.spec
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ License:        LGPLv2
 URL:            https://github.com/awslabs/%{name}
 Source0:        ftp://ftp.infradead.org/pub/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 
+BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(pidgin) >= %{pidginver}
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(purple) >= %{pidginver}
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gnutls) >= 3.2.0