diff --git a/srcpkgs/luakit/template b/srcpkgs/luakit/template
index f5f8bfc372c..00e5d21c783 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/luakit/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/luakit/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ version=2.2.1
 revision=1
 conf_files="/etc/xdg/luakit/*.lua"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config LuaJIT"
-makedepends="webkit2gtk-devel lua51-luafilesystem LuaJIT-devel"
+makedepends="webkit2gtk-devel lua51-luafilesystem LuaJIT-devel libsoup-devel"
 depends="lua51-luafilesystem"
 short_desc="Fast, small, webkit based browser framework extensible by Lua"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"