diff --git a/srcpkgs/xmlrpc-c/template b/srcpkgs/xmlrpc-c/template
index 265239a3b4d..6774a25c461 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xmlrpc-c/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xmlrpc-c/template
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ disable_parallel_build=yes
 
 xmlrpc-c-devel_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
-	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/bin
 		vmove usr/include