diff --git a/srcpkgs/awesome/template b/srcpkgs/awesome/template
index c36d4f74dd..498bf849f8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/awesome/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/awesome/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=3.5.1
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DSYSCONFDIR=/etc"
-hostmakedepends="cmake which xmlto asciidoc>=8.6.6"
+hostmakedepends="cmake which xmlto asciidoc>=8.6.6 pkg-config"
 makedepends="libxcb-devel
  pango-devel xcb-util-devel>=0.3.9 xcb-util-image-devel>=0.3.9
  xcb-util-keysyms-devel>=0.3.9 xcb-util-wm-devel>=0.3.9