diff --git a/srcpkgs/gst-plugins-base1/template b/srcpkgs/gst-plugins-base1/template
index a5bded6138..896243d680 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gst-plugins-base1/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gst-plugins-base1/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 wrksrc="${pkgname/1/}-${version#*:}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-experimental --disable-static"
-hostmakedepends="python pkg-config glib-devel"
+hostmakedepends="which python pkg-config glib-devel"
 makedepends="
  gstreamer1-devel>=${version} glib-devel libxml2-devel pango-devel
  cairo-devel liboil-devel alsa-lib-devel libXv-devel libXext-devel