diff --git a/srcpkgs/libblockdev/template b/srcpkgs/libblockdev/template
index 15b0c5de501..4b505ea12ed 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libblockdev/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libblockdev/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3"
 makedepends="cryptsetup-devel device-mapper-devel dmraid-devel libbytesize-devel
  libglib-devel libkmod-devel libparted-devel nss-devel
- volume_key-devel libyaml-devel"
+ volume_key-devel libyaml-devel pcre2-devel"
 short_desc="Library for manipulating block devices"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ checksum=55ce2ab0f598e34dadb11563d62582c52abaf6daf71c6318f215aab99e788795
 conf_files="/etc/libblockdev/conf.d/10-lvm-dbus.cfg
  /etc/libblockdev/conf.d/00-default.cfg"
 
+CFLAGS="-Wl,-lpcre2-8"
+
 #ndctl not present on ppc
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	ppc|ppc-musl)