diff --git a/srcpkgs/weechat/template b/srcpkgs/weechat/template
index b102b535dae..40a0dcb6499 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/weechat/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/weechat/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DENABLE_MAN=ON -DENABLE_PERL=ON
  -DENABLE_LUA=ON -DENABLE_RUBY=ON -DENABLE_SPELL=ON
  -DENABLE_GUILE=OFF -DENABLE_PHP=OFF -DENABLE_JAVASCRIPT=OFF"
-hostmakedepends="ruby-asciidoctor libgcrypt-devel pkg-config python3 tcl-devel
+hostmakedepends="ruby ruby-asciidoctor libgcrypt-devel pkg-config python3 tcl-devel
  gettext"
 makedepends="aspell-devel gnutls-devel libcurl-devel lua53-devel ncurses-devel
  perl python3-devel ruby-devel tcl-devel libgcrypt-devel"