diff --git a/freexl.spec b/freexl.spec
index 64458a0..b59e81f 100644
--- a/freexl.spec
+++ b/freexl.spec
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ URL:       http://www.gaia-gis.it/FreeXL
 Source0:   http://www.gaia-gis.it/gaia-sins/%{name}-sources/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz 
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires: doxygen
+BuildRequires: make
 
 %description
 FreeXL is a library to extract valid data