diff --git a/srcpkgs/bleachbit/template b/srcpkgs/bleachbit/template
index a97fcb228c8..f84fb32fa95 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bleachbit/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bleachbit/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 noarch="yes"
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 make_install_args="prefix=/usr"
-hostmakedepends="desktop-file-utils gtk-update-icon-cache hicolor-icon-theme"
+hostmakedepends="desktop-file-utils gtk-update-icon-cache hicolor-icon-theme python"
 makedepends="pygtk-devel"
 depends="pygtk>=2 ${hostmakedepends}"
 pycompile_dirs="/usr/share/bleachbit"