diff --git a/srcpkgs/poedit/template b/srcpkgs/poedit/template
index 1c541df431a..362b934b05a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/poedit/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/poedit/template
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ checksum=a0315ca52a908b9ea0a6e438ea60ce1e92d98c1f477fed58d0b4e617e51afec4
 
 CPPFLAGS="-DUCHAR_TYPE=uint16_t"
 
+makedepends+=" libharfbuzz"
+
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	hostmakedepends+=" wxWidgets-gtk3-devel"
 	configure_args+=" WXRC=/usr/bin/wxrc --with-boost-libdir=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib"