diff --git a/srcpkgs/nsd/template b/srcpkgs/nsd/template
index 2c30f5799b5..6ea43e62395 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nsd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nsd/template
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-ratelimit --enable-ratelimit-default-is-off
  --with-libevent=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr --with-ssl=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr"
-makedepends="libevent-devel automake"
+hostmakedepends="automake"
+makedepends="libevent-devel"
 short_desc="Authoritative only, high performance and simple DNS server"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"