diff --git a/srcpkgs/desktop-file-utils/template b/srcpkgs/desktop-file-utils/template
index e1fb021adf..1267491110 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/desktop-file-utils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/desktop-file-utils/template
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ pkgname=desktop-file-utils
 version=0.21
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-makedepends="pkg-config glib-devel"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="libglib-devel"
 short_desc="Utilities to manage desktop entries"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"