diff --git a/srcpkgs/rxvt-unicode/template b/srcpkgs/rxvt-unicode/template
index 022aad3e26..07312e8bf8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rxvt-unicode/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rxvt-unicode/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'rxvt-unicode'.
 pkgname=rxvt-unicode
-version=9.17
+version=9.18
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-terminfo=/usr/share/terminfo --enable-256-color
@@ -8,14 +8,15 @@ configure_args="--with-terminfo=/usr/share/terminfo --enable-256-color
  --enable-selectionscrolling --enable-smart-resize --enable-transparency
  --enable-utmp --enable-wtmp --enable-lastlog --disable-frills
  --enable-startup-notification --enable-combining --with-term=rxvt-256color"
-makedepends="pkg-config renderproto fontconfig-devel libXrender-devel
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="renderproto fontconfig-devel libXrender-devel
  libXft-devel glib-devel gdk-pixbuf-devel startup-notification-devel"
 short_desc="rxvt clone supporting Xft fonts and Unicode"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode.html"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="http://dist.schmorp.de/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=de017b2b2a1a7182aeada99f605da33cbee18d450e07a7fdabef48da446521e4
+checksum=87b72a43cac7c9362a984094c661a632ce1a829ad90f149142ab1953854b433f
 long_desc="
  $pkgname is a clone of the well known terminal emulator rxvt,
  modified to store text in Unicode (either UCS-2 or UCS-4) and to use