diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-Text-Diff/template b/srcpkgs/perl-Text-Diff/template
index d2b008e3ff..4f5bb300e7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-Text-Diff/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-Text-Diff/template
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 wrksrc="${pkgname#*-}-${version}"
 build_style=perl-module
 hostmakedepends="perl perl-Algorithm-Diff"
+makedepends="${hostmakedepends}"
 depends="${hostmakedepends}"
 noarch=yes
 short_desc='Text::Diff - Perform diffs on files and record sets'