diff --git a/srcpkgs/ktexteditor/template b/srcpkgs/ktexteditor/template
index 4192ef10ae..5711a95ff2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ktexteditor/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ktexteditor/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DBUILD_TESTING=OFF"
 hostmakedepends="extra-cmake-modules pkg-config"
-makedepends="kparts-devel libgit2-devel qt5-xmlpatterns-devel"
+makedepends="kparts-devel libgit2-devel qt5-xmlpatterns-devel syntax-highlighting-devel"
 short_desc="KDE Full text editor component"
 maintainer="Denis Revin <denis.revin@gmail.com>"
 license="LGPL-2"