diff --git a/srcpkgs/fontforge/template b/srcpkgs/fontforge/template
index a3cbd37608e..147e40ee856 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fontforge/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fontforge/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=fontforge
 version=20141014
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config git"
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool libltdl-devel pkg-config git python"
 makedepends="libltdl-devel python-devel zlib-devel pango-devel readline-devel
  giflib-devel>=5.1.0 libpng-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel tiff-devel libxml2-devel
  libspiro-devel hicolor-icon-theme desktop-file-utils"