diff --git a/srcpkgs/gksu/template b/srcpkgs/gksu/template
index e9f7230d36..cac266898d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gksu/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gksu/template
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static --disable-nautilus-extension"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool gtk-doc"
-makedepends="libgksu-devel"
-depends="xauth"
+makedepends="gtk+-devel libgksu-devel"
+depends="desktop-file-utils xauth"
 short_desc="A graphical frontend for su"
 maintainer="Alexey Rochev <equeim@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.nongnu.org/gksu/index.html"