diff --git a/R.spec b/R.spec
index 1c67dbc..2ce590b 100644
--- a/R.spec
+++ b/R.spec
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 Name: R
 Version: 3.1.1
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 Summary: A language for data analysis and graphics
 URL: http://www.r-project.org
 Source0: ftp://cran.r-project.org/pub/R/src/base/R-3/R-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ Requires: tex(dvips), vi
 %else
 Requires: vim-minimal
 %endif
-Requires: perl, sed, gawk, tex(latex), less
+Requires: perl, sed, gawk, tex(latex), less, make
 
 # These are the submodules that R-core provides. Sometimes R modules say they
 # depend on one of these submodules rather than just R. These are provided for 
@@ -911,6 +911,9 @@ R CMD javareconf \
 %postun -n libRmath -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Aug  8 2014 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 3.1.1-2
+- add "make" to Requirements list for R-core (thanks R config)
+
 * Thu Jul 10 2014 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 3.1.1-1
 - update to 3.1.1