diff --git a/ocaml-facile.spec b/ocaml-facile.spec
index b4285fd..a02e979 100644
--- a/ocaml-facile.spec
+++ b/ocaml-facile.spec
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Patch0:        facile-1.1-makefile-fixes.patch
 # Fix for OCaml 4.00.0.
 Patch1:        ocaml-facile-ocaml-4.patch
 
+BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires: ocaml >= 3.02
 BuildRequires: ocaml-findlib-devel