diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-hypercorn/template b/srcpkgs/python3-hypercorn/template
index 137b2c74a72..2133a767d49 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-hypercorn/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-hypercorn/template
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ make_install_target="Hypercorn-${version}-*-*-*.whl"
 hostmakedepends="python3-poetry-core"
 depends="python3-h11 python3-h2 python3-priority
  python3-toml python3-typing_extensions python3-wsproto"
-checkdepends="python3-pytest-asyncio $depends"
+checkdepends="python3-pytest-asyncio python3-tomli $depends"
 short_desc="Python ASGI server based on hyper and inspired by gunicorn"
 maintainer="Andrew J. Hesford <ajh@sideband.org>"
 license="MIT"