diff --git a/srcpkgs/alfred/template b/srcpkgs/alfred/template
index ad6cf1f454a..262285c6f1c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/alfred/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/alfred/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 make_build_args="CONFIG_ALFRED_GPSD=n"
 make_install_args="CONFIG_ALFRED_GPSD=n SBINDIR=/usr/bin"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config which"
 makedepends="libcap-devel libnl3-devel"
 depends="batman-adv"
 short_desc="Daemon for distributing arbitrary information over a batman mesh"