diff --git a/srcpkgs/chroot-gcc/template b/srcpkgs/chroot-gcc/template
index bfd96ffb25..7f363cc5e4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/chroot-gcc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/chroot-gcc/template
@@ -5,17 +5,17 @@ _gmp_ver=5.0.3
 _mpfr_ver=3.1.0
 _mpc_ver=0.8.2
 version=${_majorver}.0
+revision=1
 wrksrc="gcc-${version}"
+homepage="http://gcc.gnu.org"
+short_desc="The GNU C Compiler suite -- for xbps-src use"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-3"
 distfiles="
 http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gcc/gcc-${version}/gcc-${version}.tar.bz2
 http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gmp/gmp-${_gmp_ver}.tar.bz2
 http://www.mpfr.org/mpfr-current/mpfr-${_mpfr_ver}.tar.bz2
 http://www.multiprecision.org/mpc/download/mpc-${_mpc_ver}.tar.gz"
-homepage="http://gcc.gnu.org"
-revision=1
-short_desc="The GNU C Compiler suite -- for xbps-src use"
-maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-license="GPL-3"
 checksum="
 a680083e016f656dab7acd45b9729912e70e71bbffcbf0e3e8aa1cccf19dc9a5
 dcafe9989c7f332b373e1f766af8e9cd790fc802fdec422a1910a6ef783480e3
@@ -27,11 +27,13 @@ long_desc="
  This package is only meant to be used by xbps-src, don't install it manually."
 
 noverifyrdeps=yes
-provides="libgcc-${version} libstdc++-${version} libstdc++-devel-${version}
-gcc-${version} gcc-c++-${version}"
-
+provides="libgcc-$version libstdc++-$version libstdc++-devel-$version gcc-$version gcc-c++-$version"
 conflicts="libgcc>=0 libstdc++>=0 libstdc++-devel>=0 gcc>=0 gcc-c++>=0"
 
+if [ -n "$IN_CHROOT" ]; then
+	makedepends="perl flex"
+fi
+
 pre_configure() {
 	# As specified in the LFS book, disable installing libiberty.
 	sed -i 's/install_to_$(INSTALL_DEST) //' libiberty/Makefile.in