diff --git a/gnustep-base-debug.spec.in b/gnustep-base-debug.spec.in
index 4394e9e31..6cf937168 100644
--- a/gnustep-base-debug.spec.in
+++ b/gnustep-base-debug.spec.in
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Summary: 	GNUstep Base library package - debugging version
 Packager:	Adam Fedor <fedor@gnu.org>
 Vendor:		The GNUstep Project
 URL:		http://www.gnustep.org/
-Requires:	gnustep-make = 0.9.0
+Requires:	gnustep-make >= 0.9.0
 
 %description 
 This package contains the debuggable version of the GNUstep Base