diff --git a/srcpkgs/xkeyboard-config/template b/srcpkgs/xkeyboard-config/template
index 805df4d435..d538edf9ae 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xkeyboard-config/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xkeyboard-config/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 archs=noarch
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-xkb-rules-symlink=xfree86,xorg --enable-compat-rules"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config libxslt intltool"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config libxslt intltool python3"
 makedepends="libX11-devel"
 depends="xkbcomp"
 short_desc="X Keyboard Configuration Database"