diff --git a/srcpkgs/libfetch/template b/srcpkgs/libfetch/template
index d08f838e7f..1d5699304a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libfetch/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libfetch/template
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 subpackages="${pkgname}-devel"
 makedepends="openssl-devel"
+crossmakedepends="$makedepends"
 short_desc="File Transfer Library for URLs"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.FreeBSD.org"