diff --git a/srcpkgs/aspell-en/template b/srcpkgs/aspell-en/template
index 09a1c2279d..a113859557 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/aspell-en/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/aspell-en/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 archs=noarch
 wrksrc="aspell6-en-${version}-0"
 build_style=configure
-hostmakedepends="aspell-devel"
+hostmakedepends="aspell-devel which"
 short_desc="English dictionary for aspell"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
@@ -29,4 +29,3 @@ words-en_package() {
 		ln -s american-english ${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/dict/words
 	}
 }
-