diff --git a/srcpkgs/mcelog/template b/srcpkgs/mcelog/template
index 9bc39023a71..9707998bd78 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mcelog/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mcelog/template
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ pkgname=mcelog
 version=180
 revision=1
 archs="i686* x86_64*"
+hostmakedepends="python3"
 conf_files="/etc/mcelog/mcelog.conf"
 short_desc="Decode kernel machine check log on x86 machines"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"