diff --git a/srcpkgs/icecast/template b/srcpkgs/icecast/template
index 9d8ae1b216e..78254b90314 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/icecast/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/icecast/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=icecast
 version=2.4.3
 revision=3
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config libxml2-devel"
 makedepends="libressl-devel libcurl-devel speex-devel
  libtheora-devel libvorbis-devel libxslt-devel"
 conf_files="/etc/icecast.xml"