diff --git a/srcpkgs/open-vm-tools/template b/srcpkgs/open-vm-tools/template
index 41a32efaedd..1d0bc77dbdf 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/open-vm-tools/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/open-vm-tools/template
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--sbindir=/usr/bin --with-udev-rules-dir=/usr/lib/udev/rules.d
  --without-xmlsecurity --without-kernel-modules
  $(vopt_with x11 x) $(vopt_with pam)"
-hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config glib-devel rpcgen"
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config glib-devel rpcsvc-proto"
 makedepends="fuse-devel glib-devel libmspack-devel libressl-devel libtirpc-devel
  libxerces-c-devel procps-ng-devel $(vopt_if pam 'pam-devel')
  $(vopt_if x11 'gtkmm-devel libXtst-devel xmlsec1-devel')"