diff --git a/srcpkgs/cwm/template b/srcpkgs/cwm/template
index 039d6a3bc51..9fe1e39617f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cwm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cwm/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=6.6
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config bison"
-makedepends="libXft-devel libXinerama-devel libXrandr-devel musl-legacy-compat"
+makedepends="libXft-devel libXinerama-devel libXrandr-devel"
 short_desc="Lightweight and efficient window manager for X11"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="ISC"
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ homepage="http://man.openbsd.org/cwm"
 distfiles="https://github.com/leahneukirchen/cwm/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=223d086dbebfb2f35f05af0c72c3d1b04fdd341123121c65105524ebd605655c
 
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_LIBC" = "musl" ]; then
+	makedepends+=" musl-legacy-compat"
+fi
+
 post_extract() {
 	sed -i 's/^\(LD\|CPP\)FLAGS/override &/' Makefile
 	sed '/\*\//q' calmwm.c >LICENSE