diff --git a/srcpkgs/envypn-font/template b/srcpkgs/envypn-font/template
index d534d9ee06..348497a3d1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/envypn-font/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/envypn-font/template
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ homepage="http://tetedulinuxien.fr/"
 license="GPL+FE"
 disfiles="http://linuxien.legtux.org/projects/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=bfc4bcaa932da92253ba4159b6a440c1dbd92184d199f1439d177c970b96d60b
+makedepends="font-util mkfontdir"
 
 do_install() {
 	vmkdir usr/share/fonts/envypn
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ do_install() {
 }
 
 envypn-font_package() {
-	depends="font-util mkfontdir"
+	depends="${makedepends}"
 	noarch="yes"
 	font_dirs="/usr/share/fonts/envypn"
 	pkg_install() {