diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-Exception-Class/template b/srcpkgs/perl-Exception-Class/template
index 8357a1e5800..7c39fbbcc51 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-Exception-Class/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-Exception-Class/template
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 wrksrc="${pkgname#*-}-${version}"
 build_style=perl-module
 hostmakedepends="perl-Class-Data-Inheritable perl-Devel-StackTrace"
+makedepends="${hostmakedepends}"
 depends="${hostmakedepends}"
 noarch=yes
 short_desc='Exception::Class - allows you to declare real exception classes'