diff --git a/srcpkgs/talloc/template b/srcpkgs/talloc/template
index d42586a612d..a07179ee871 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/talloc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/talloc/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=talloc
 version=2.3.1
 revision=1
 build_style=configure
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3 libxslt docbook-xsl"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3 libxslt docbook-xsl which"
 short_desc="Hierarchical pool based memory allocator with destructors"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"