diff --git a/srcpkgs/imake/template b/srcpkgs/imake/template
index e64cdff3056..59c5db02259 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/imake/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/imake/template
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 pkgname=imake
 version=1.0.7
 revision=1
-makedepends="pkg-config xproto perl makedepend xorg-cf-files"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config perl makedepend xorg-cf-files"
+makedepends="xproto"
 short_desc="X.Org imake program and related utilities"
 maintainer="Tj Vanderpoel (bougyman) <tj@rubyists.com>"
 license="GPL-2"