diff --git a/srcpkgs/glibc32/template b/srcpkgs/glibc32/template
index 20a92e67fd..a259ae50d9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glibc32/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glibc32/template
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ revision=6
 distfiles="
  http://xbps.nopcode.org/repos/current/glibc-${version}_${revision}.i686.xbps
  http://xbps.nopcode.org/repos/current/glibc-devel-${version}_${revision}.i686.xbps"
-hostmakedepends="bsdtar"
 short_desc="The GNU C library (32 bits)"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/libc"
 license="GPL-2, LGPL-2.1, BSD"
@@ -24,6 +23,8 @@ long_desc="
 
 noextract=yes
 only_for_archs=x86_64
+hostmakedepends="bsdtar"
+makedepends="zlib32"
 
 do_install() {
 	for f in ${distfiles}; do