diff --git a/rpm/generic/zfs-kmod.spec.in b/rpm/generic/zfs-kmod.spec.in
index d4746f5bb6..ecf14ecef3 100644
--- a/rpm/generic/zfs-kmod.spec.in
+++ b/rpm/generic/zfs-kmod.spec.in
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ URL:            http://zfsonlinux.org/
 Source0:        %{module}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source10:       kmodtool
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id} -u -n)
+%if 0%{?rhel}%{?fedora}
+BuildRequires:  gcc, make
+BuildRequires:  elfutils-libelf-devel
+%endif
 
 # The developments headers will conflict with the dkms packages.
 Conflicts:      %{module}-dkms
diff --git a/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in b/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in
index fa6f157143..c1b8f2c8e1 100644
--- a/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in
+++ b/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ Provides:       %{name}-kmod-common = %{version}
 Conflicts:      zfs-fuse
 
 %if 0%{?rhel}%{?fedora}%{?suse_version}
+BuildRequires:  gcc, make
 BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
 BuildRequires:  libuuid-devel
 BuildRequires:  libblkid-devel