diff --git a/mpdecimal.spec b/mpdecimal.spec
index cc99368..18aba05 100644
--- a/mpdecimal.spec
+++ b/mpdecimal.spec
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ URL:            http://www.bytereef.org/mpdecimal/index.html
 Source0:        http://www.bytereef.org/software/mpdecimal/releases/mpdecimal-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        http://speleotrove.com/decimal/dectest.zip
 
+BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  unzip