diff --git a/srcpkgs/libvirt-python3/template b/srcpkgs/libvirt-python3/template
index 93a76f1b779..d115287bdea 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libvirt-python3/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libvirt-python3/template
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ wrksrc="libvirt-python-${version}"
 build_style=python3-module
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3-devel libvirt-devel libapparmor-devel"
 makedepends="libvirt-devel python3-devel"
+checkdepends="python3-lxml python3-nose"
 short_desc="Libvirt virtualization API Python3 binding"
 maintainer="Helmut Pozimski <helmut@pozimski.eu>"
 license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"