diff --git a/srcpkgs/libkqueue/template b/srcpkgs/libkqueue/template
index 491e8f159d0..31f0831b079 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libkqueue/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libkqueue/template
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/mheily/libkqueue/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=6ef91fb9ffd0630e14ed7e551e64fbe14f1af84fed34f1972cdb703593b6ad1f
 CFLAGS="-Wno-error=format-truncation -Wno-error=stringop-overflow"
 
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_LIBC" = "musl" ]; then
+	makedepends+=" musl-legacy-compat"
+fi
+
 pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -fi
 }