diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-bcrypt/template b/srcpkgs/python3-bcrypt/template
index 2108369cf23..ae3006dd669 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-bcrypt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-bcrypt/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=python3-bcrypt
 version=3.2.2
 revision=1
 build_style=python3-pep517
-hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-wheel"
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-wheel python3-cffi"
 makedepends="python3-devel"
 depends="python3-cffi"
 checkdepends="python3-pytest $depends"