diff --git a/srcpkgs/mako/patches/scdoc-native.patch b/srcpkgs/mako/patches/scdoc-native.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..83b24714ecc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/mako/patches/scdoc-native.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Index: mako-1.6/meson.build
+===================================================================
+--- mako-1.6.orig/meson.build
++++ mako-1.6/meson.build
+@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ configure_file(
+ 	install_dir: datadir + '/dbus-1/services',
+ )
+ 
+-scdoc = dependency('scdoc', required: get_option('man-pages'), version: '>= 1.9.7')
++scdoc = dependency('scdoc', required: get_option('man-pages'), version: '>= 1.9.7', native: true)
+ 
+ if scdoc.found()
+ 	sh = find_program('sh')
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mako/template b/srcpkgs/mako/template
index 6ba22da4b70..77b8e4e1a3a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mako/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mako/template
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ configure_args="-Dicons=enabled -Dman-pages=enabled -Dzsh-completions=true
  -Dfish-completions=true -Dwerror=false"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config scdoc wayland-devel wayland-protocols"
 makedepends="wayland-devel wayland-protocols pango-devel cairo-devel
- basu-devel gdk-pixbuf-devel scdoc"
+ basu-devel gdk-pixbuf-devel"
 short_desc="Lightweight Wayland notification daemon"
 maintainer="Emerson Ferreira <me@skrps.me>"
 license="MIT"