diff --git a/templates/libXdmcp/depends b/templates/libXdmcp/depends
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..be05a0beba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/libXdmcp/depends
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+abi_depends=1.0.2
+api_depends=${abi_depends}
diff --git a/templates/libXdmcp/template b/templates/libXdmcp/template
index 08c64a6ac0..bcf2a48a7d 100644
--- a/templates/libXdmcp/template
+++ b/templates/libXdmcp/template
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# Template build file for 'libXdmcp'.
 pkgname=libXdmcp
 version=1.0.2
 distfiles="${XORG_SITE}/lib/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
@@ -9,5 +10,6 @@ long_desc="
  This is the X Display Manager Control Protocol library. This is
  from the modular X.org X11 project."
 
-build_depends="pkg-config-0.23"
-run_depends="glibc-2.8"
+Add_dependency full glibc
+Add_dependency build pkg-config
+Add_dependency build xproto