diff --git a/srcpkgs/base-chroot/template b/srcpkgs/base-chroot/template
index 00f3382fc7b..b0d72ffffaa 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/base-chroot/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/base-chroot/template
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ license="Public domain"
 
 depends="
  base-files>=0.127 kernel-libc-headers glibc-devel glibc-locales binutils gcc
- patch chroot-bash chroot-grep coreutils gettext
+ mpfr patch chroot-bash chroot-grep coreutils gettext
  chroot-texinfo sed chroot-gawk findutils diffutils make gzip file tar
  chroot-util-linux chroot-distcc chroot-git ccache xbps xz which"