diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgdlmm/template b/srcpkgs/libgdlmm/template
index d098f40429..a1729265ad 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libgdlmm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libgdlmm/template
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ version=3.7.3
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static"
-hostmakedepends=""
-makedepends="gdl-devel"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="gdl-devel gtk+3-devel libxml2-devel gtkmm-devel"
 short_desc="C++ bindings for the gdl library"
 homepage="https://git.gnome.org/browse/gdlmm"
 license="LGPL-2"