diff --git a/conda/plumed/meta.yaml b/conda/plumed/meta.yaml
index 8c4e8595ba0e1d3a80903215c7d7332a713d14fa..9d8b6ea615c840c2210c137637a8ebc0a7cfd74c 100644
--- a/conda/plumed/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/plumed/meta.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ requirements:
     - {{ compiler('c') }}
     - {{ compiler('cxx') }}
     - llvm-openmp  # [osx]
+    - make
 # xxd is provided by package vim and used during build
     - vim  # [linux]
   host: