diff --git a/srcpkgs/xidle/template b/srcpkgs/xidle/template
index c9db6829a5d..92694a1d3e3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xidle/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xidle/template
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ wrksrc="${pkgname}-linux-${version}"
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 make_use_env=yes
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
-makedepends="libbsd-devel libXScrnSaver-devel"
+makedepends="libbsd-devel libXScrnSaver-devel libmd-devel libXext-devel
+ libX11-devel"
 short_desc="Run a program on X inactivity"
 maintainer="Frank Steinborn <steinex@nognu.de>"
 license="BSD-2-Clause"