diff --git a/srcpkgs/wireproxy/template b/srcpkgs/wireproxy/template
index aa1434cdb49..7fe5815626d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/wireproxy/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/wireproxy/template
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ build_style=go
 go_import_path="github.com/octeep/wireproxy"
 go_package="${go_import_path}/cmd/wireproxy"
 go_ldflags="-X 'main.version=${version}'"
+hostmakedepends="go1.20"
 short_desc="Wireguard client that exposes itself as a socks5 proxy"
 maintainer="Wind Wong <octeep@pm.me>"
 license="ISC"