diff --git a/srcpkgs/qemu/template b/srcpkgs/qemu/template
index 63b25603c6..1ec7139817 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qemu/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qemu/template
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ configure_args="--prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --enable-spice
 --disable-fdt"
 makedepends="perl python attr-devel libpng-devel>=1.5.10 jpeg-devel ncurses-devel
 libuuid-devel libX11-devel alsa-lib-devel gnutls-devel SDL-devel libbluetooth-devel
-libsasl-devel spice-devel glib-devel MesaLib-devel pulseaudio-devel nss-devel
-libcurl-devel xfsprogs-devel libcap-ng-devel libcap-devel libtool"
+libsasl-devel spice-protocol spice-devel glib-devel MesaLib-devel pulseaudio-devel
+libcurl-devel xfsprogs-devel libcap-ng-devel libcap-devel nss-devel libtool"
 conf_files="/etc/qemu/target-${XBPS_MACHINE}.conf"
 short_desc="Open Source Processor Emulator"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"