diff --git a/libesmtp.spec b/libesmtp.spec
index 1b82eef..68f3414 100644
--- a/libesmtp.spec
+++ b/libesmtp.spec
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Source:         http://www.stafford.uklinux.net/libesmtp/%{name}-%{version}.tar.
 URL:            http://www.stafford.uklinux.net/libesmtp/
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  openssl-devel pkgconfig autoconf automake libtool
+BuildRequires: make
 Patch0: libesmtp-1.0.6-openssl-1.1.patch
 
 %description