diff --git a/srcpkgs/libvirt/template b/srcpkgs/libvirt/template
index 1d504692423..1b4f98fce20 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libvirt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libvirt/template
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ post_patch() {
 	fi
 }
 
+pre_build() {
+	ninja -C build \
+		src/remote/qemu_protocol.h \
+		src/remote/remote_protocol.h
+}
+
 post_install() {
 	# runit services
 	vsv libvirtd
@@ -85,10 +91,6 @@ post_install() {
 	fi
 }
 
-pre_build() {
-	ninja -C build src/remote/qemu_protocol.h
-}
-
 libvirt-devel_package() {
 	depends="libvirt>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"