diff --git a/ocaml-postgresql.spec b/ocaml-postgresql.spec
index c7e2484..5920bb7 100644
--- a/ocaml-postgresql.spec
+++ b/ocaml-postgresql.spec
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ License:        LGPLv2+ with exceptions
 URL:            https://github.com/mmottl/postgresql-ocaml
 Source0:        https://github.com/mmottl/postgresql-ocaml/releases/download/v%{version}/postgresql-ocaml-%{version}.tar.gz
 
+BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires:  ocaml >= 3.10.0
 BuildRequires:  ocaml-findlib-devel
 BuildRequires:  ocaml-ocamlbuild