diff --git a/srcpkgs/kiwix-tools/template b/srcpkgs/kiwix-tools/template
index 300aba74fec..3b1f6441cb1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kiwix-tools/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kiwix-tools/template
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ version=3.1.2
 revision=2
 build_style=meson
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
-makedepends="kiwix-lib-devel zlib-devel libmicrohttpd-devel libuuid-devel"
+makedepends="kiwix-lib-devel zlib-devel libmicrohttpd-devel libuuid-devel
+ libcurl-devel"
 short_desc="Kiwix command line tools"
 maintainer="John <me@johnnynator.dev>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"