diff --git a/templates/xbps-base-chroot/template b/templates/xbps-base-chroot/template
index 939056f72b..15cf97dd43 100644
--- a/templates/xbps-base-chroot/template
+++ b/templates/xbps-base-chroot/template
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ build_depends="glibc-2.8 kernel-libc-headers-2.6.27.3 bash-3.2 coreutils-6.12
  bison-2.3 texinfo-4.13 m4-1.4.12 libarchive-2.5.5 binutils-2.18 gcc-4.3.2
  tar-1.20 bzip2-1.0.5 gzip-1.3.12 gawk-3.1.6 grep-2.5.3 findutils-4.4.0
  sed-4.1.5 make-3.81 diffutils-2.8.1 file-4.26 proplib-0.1 patch-2.5.4
- wget-1.11.4 dash-0.5.4"
+ wget-1.11.4 dash-0.5.4 xbps-base-dirs-0.1"
 run_depends="$build_depends"