diff --git a/libdap.spec b/libdap.spec
index ab4d945..4535a09 100644
--- a/libdap.spec
+++ b/libdap.spec
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Source0: http://www.opendap.org/pub/source/libdap-%{version}.tar.gz
 #Don't run HTTP tests - builders don't have network connections
 Patch0: libdap-offline.patch
 
+BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires: gcc-c++
 # For autoreconf
 BuildRequires: libtool