diff --git a/srcpkgs/xrdb/template b/srcpkgs/xrdb/template
index 2d26cc9962..77a7e6c49d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xrdb/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xrdb/template
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 # Template build file for 'xrdb'.
 pkgname=xrdb
 version=1.1.0
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--with-cpp=/usr/bin/mcpp"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="libX11-devel libXmu-devel"
+depends="mcpp"
 short_desc="X server resource database utility"
 homepage="http://xorg.freedesktop.org"
 license="MIT"