diff --git a/srcpkgs/golly/template b/srcpkgs/golly/template
index ee2876689ad..e8a24b9074c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/golly/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/golly/template
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ wrksrc="${pkgname}-${version}-src"
 build_wrksrc="gui-wx"
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 make_build_args="-f makefile-gtk GOLLYDIR=/usr/share/golly LUALIB=-llua5.4
- CXXC=\$(CXX)"
+ CXXC=\$(CXX) WX_CONFIG=wx-config-gtk3"
 make_install_args="${make_build_args}"
 hostmakedepends="python3"
-makedepends="MesaLib-devel glu-devel lua54-devel python3-devel wxWidgets-devel
- zlib-devel SDL2-devel"
+makedepends="MesaLib-devel glu-devel lua54-devel python3-devel
+ wxWidgets-gtk3-devel zlib-devel SDL2-devel"
 short_desc="Simulator for Conway's Game of Life and other cellular automata"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"