diff --git a/srcpkgs/libtirpc/template b/srcpkgs/libtirpc/template
index 07837e77ce5..7f8ff155dc3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libtirpc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libtirpc/template
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ homepage="http://libtirpc.sourceforge.net/"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=f3b6350c7e9c3cd9c58fc7a5e5f8e6be469cc571bb5eb31eb9790b3e675186ca
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	*-musl) makedepends+=" musl-legacy-compat" ;;
+esac
+
 post_install() {
 	vconf ${wrksrc}/doc/netconfig
 	vlicense COPYING