diff --git a/srcpkgs/gtksourceview/template b/srcpkgs/gtksourceview/template
index 81f7f70b2e3..437055f93d7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gtksourceview/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gtksourceview/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 build_helper="gir"
 configure_args="--disable-static --enable-introspection"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool gtk+3-devel glib-devel vala"
+hostmakedepends="automake pkg-config intltool gtk+3-devel glib-devel vala"
 makedepends="gtk+3-devel libxml2-devel vala-devel"
 short_desc="Text widget that extends GTK+3 GtkTextView widget"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"