diff --git a/srcpkgs/pyopenssl/template b/srcpkgs/pyopenssl/template
index 0d223d7bb4..b37bfe407b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pyopenssl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pyopenssl/template
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ version=0.11
 revision=3
 wrksrc="pyOpenSSL-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
+hostmakedepends="python-devel"
 makedepends="openssl-devel python-devel"
 pycompile_module="OpenSSL"
 short_desc="Python interface to the OpenSSL library"