diff --git a/srcpkgs/webkit2gtk/template b/srcpkgs/webkit2gtk/template
index edf5963a12..84c1665a22 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/webkit2gtk/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/webkit2gtk/template
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ desc_option_jit="JavaScript JIT (Only some architectures)"
 desc_option_sampling_profiler="Sampling profiler support (JIT + glibc only)"
 desc_option_minibrowser="Build the minibrowser"
 
+makedepends+=" libharfbuzz"
+
 # detection + runtime
 if [ "$build_option_bubblewrap" ]; then
 	hostmakedepends+=" bubblewrap xdg-dbus-proxy"