diff --git a/srcpkgs/ghostscript/template b/srcpkgs/ghostscript/template
index 6260219496..2de1db8fa0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ghostscript/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ghostscript/template
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ checksum=05acd1b576899572ef8ecbc25637cf73cbd0be267e651732db3012db33088e04
 disable_parallel_build=yes
 subpackages="libgs libijs $pkgname-devel"
 depends="gsfonts"
-makedepends="automake libtool pkg-config dbus-devel libXext-devel libXt-devel
- fontconfig-devel jasper-devel tiff-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel libpng-devel>=1.5.10
- lcms2-devel cups-devel"
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
+makedepends="dbus-devel libXext-devel libXt-devel libpng-devel>=1.5.10
+ fontconfig-devel jasper-devel tiff-devel lcms2-devel cups-devel"
 
 pre_configure() {
 	# force it to use system libs.