diff --git a/srcpkgs/libX11/template b/srcpkgs/libX11/template
index c55ed85aaa..0a10daee47 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libX11/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libX11/template
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ distfiles="${XORG_SITE}/lib/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 checksum=c382efd7e92bfc3cef39a4b7f1ecf2744ba4414a705e3bc1e697f75502bd4d86
 
 if [ "$XBPS_CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	hostmakedepends="libtool automake xorg-util-macros ${makedepends}"
+	hostmakedepends="pkg-config libtool automake xorg-util-macros ${makedepends}"
 	pre_configure() {
 		sed -e 's|$(srcdir)/||g' -i nls/Makefile.am
 		autoreconf -fi