diff --git a/srcpkgs/ghc-bin/template b/srcpkgs/ghc-bin/template
index 8860e866724..33f473ef5b0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ghc-bin/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ghc-bin/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=ghc-bin
 version=8.0.2
 revision=1
 wrksrc="ghc-${version%[!0-9]}"
-hostmakedepends="ncurses perl"
+hostmakedepends="ncurses perl libffi"
 depends="ncurses perl gcc libffi-devel gmp-devel"
 short_desc="Glorious Haskell Compiler - precompiled binaries"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"