diff --git a/srcpkgs/libarchive/template b/srcpkgs/libarchive/template
index c8e27d4f96..9b19a8258e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libarchive/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libarchive/template
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ configure_args="$(vopt_enable acl) $(vopt_enable acl xattr)
  $(vopt_with expat) $(vopt_with lzo lzo2) $(vopt_with lz4)
  $(vopt_with ssl openssl) --without-xml2 --without-nettle
  --disable-rpath ac_cv_func_lchmod=no"
-hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
 makedepends="zlib-devel bzip2-devel liblzma-devel
  $(vopt_if acl acl-devel) $(vopt_if expat expat-devel)
  $(vopt_if lzo lzo-devel) $(vopt_if lz4 lz4-devel) $(vopt_if ssl libressl-devel)"
@@ -24,6 +23,10 @@ build_options="acl expat lzo lz4 ssl"
 # Enable acl and ssl by default.
 build_options_default="acl ssl"
 
+if [ "$CHROOT_READY" ]; then
+	hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
+fi
+
 pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -if
 }
diff --git a/xbps-src b/xbps-src
index 1d47c94ee7..5dc4927a90 100755
--- a/xbps-src
+++ b/xbps-src
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ umask 022
 #
 # Required utilities in host system for the bootstrap target.
 readonly REQHOST_UTILS_BOOTSTRAP="make gawk bash bison sed gcc g++ msgfmt makeinfo \
-    perl tar xz gzip bzip2 patch flex"
+    perl tar xz gzip bzip2 patch flex automake libtool pkg-config"
 
 # Required utilities in host system for chroot ops.
 readonly REQHOST_UTILS="xbps-install xbps-query xbps-rindex xbps-uhelper \