diff --git a/srcpkgs/xcb-proto/template b/srcpkgs/xcb-proto/template
index 8bce2eb1d2b..e9737f46734 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xcb-proto/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xcb-proto/template
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ pkgname=xcb-proto
 version=1.8
 revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
-makedepends="python libxml2"
+hostmakedepends="python"
+makedepends="libxml2"
 short_desc="XML-XCB (X C Bindings) protocol descriptions"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://xcb.freedesktop.org"