diff --git a/srcpkgs/glusterfs/template b/srcpkgs/glusterfs/template
index a02e318f7a5..97cf36dd9e1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glusterfs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glusterfs/template
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ configure_args="--with-mountutildir=/usr/bin ac_cv_file__etc_debian_version=no
  ac_cv_file__etc_SuSE_release=no ac_cv_file__etc_redhat_release=no
  ac_cv_file__etc_centos_release=no"
 pycompile_dirs="/usr/libexec/glusterfs/python/syncdaemon"
-hostmakedepends="automake flex libtool pkg-config python3"
+hostmakedepends="automake flex libtool pkg-config python3 rpcsvc-proto"
 makedepends="acl-devel libaio-devel libtirpc-devel libressl-devel
  liburcu-devel libxml2-devel rdma-core-devel sqlite-devel"
 # python is required by gsyncd.