diff --git a/srcpkgs/musl/template b/srcpkgs/musl/template
index 141cc5b73d1..5b352358ad0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/musl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/musl/template
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ archs="*-musl"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--prefix=/usr --disable-gcc-wrapper"
 bootstrap=yes
+makedepends="kernel-libc-headers"
 short_desc="Musl C library"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="MIT"