diff --git a/perl-XML-Writer.spec b/perl-XML-Writer.spec
index 353082c..e15b737 100644
--- a/perl-XML-Writer.spec
+++ b/perl-XML-Writer.spec
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ License:        CC0
 URL:            https://metacpan.org/release/XML-Writer
 Source0:        https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/J/JO/JOSEPHW/XML-Writer-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildArch:      noarch
+BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires:  perl-interpreter
 BuildRequires:  perl-generators
 BuildRequires:  perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker)