diff --git a/srcpkgs/chez-scheme/template b/srcpkgs/chez-scheme/template
index c86f6227d0b..e409d43bb21 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/chez-scheme/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/chez-scheme/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=9.5.2
 revision=1
 wrksrc="ChezScheme-${version}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="git libX11-devel ncurses-devel zlib-devel"
+hostmakedepends="git libX11-devel libuuid-devel ncurses-devel zlib-devel"
 makedepends="${hostmakedepends}"
 short_desc="Compiler and run-time system for R6RS Scheme"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"