diff --git a/sendmail.spec b/sendmail.spec
index 478a857..8de22b6 100644
--- a/sendmail.spec
+++ b/sendmail.spec
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ Patch23: sendmail-8.16.1-sasl2-in-etc.patch
 Patch25: sendmail-8.16.1-qos.patch
 Patch26: sendmail-8.16.1-libmilter-socket-activation.patch
 
+BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires: libdb-devel
 BuildRequires: libnsl2-devel
 BuildRequires: tinycdb-devel