diff --git a/libnumbertext.spec b/libnumbertext.spec
index 9111a76..6009f29 100644
--- a/libnumbertext.spec
+++ b/libnumbertext.spec
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ URL:       https://github.com/Numbertext/libnumbertext
 Source:    https://github.com/Numbertext/libnumbertext/releases/download/%{version}/libnumbertext-%{version}.tar.xz
 
 BuildRequires: autoconf, automake, libtool, gcc-c++
+BuildRequires: make
 
 %description
 Language-neutral NUMBERTEXT and MONEYTEXT functions for LibreOffice Calc