diff --git a/srcpkgs/astroid/template b/srcpkgs/astroid/template
index f8f1b37d0c0..31bd1e6a4f6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/astroid/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/astroid/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=astroid
 version=0.14
 revision=6
 build_style=cmake
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config scdoc"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config scdoc protobuf"
 makedepends="libnotmuch-devel gtkmm-devel webkit2gtk-devel libsass-devel
  gmime3-devel boost-devel protobuf-devel vte3-devel gobject-introspection
  libpeas-devel"