diff --git a/srcpkgs/pdd/template b/srcpkgs/pdd/template
index d94c4f42297..cb320ff2189 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pdd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pdd/template
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ pkgname=pdd
 version=1.7
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
+hostmakedepends="python3 python3-dateutil"
 depends="python3-dateutil"
 checkdepends="python3-dateutil python3-pytest"
 short_desc="Tiny date, time diff calculator"