diff --git a/srcpkgs/telepathy-qt5/template b/srcpkgs/telepathy-qt5/template
index 2e3d15a45a1..5c8be2df306 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/telepathy-qt5/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/telepathy-qt5/template
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Template file for 'telepathy-qt'
+# Template file for 'telepathy-qt5'
 pkgname=telepathy-qt5
 version=0.9.7
 revision=1
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ configure_args="
  -DENABLE_TESTS=OFF
  -DDESIRED_QT_VERSION=5
  -DQT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/qmake-qt5"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="python pkg-config"
 makedepends="qt5-devel telepathy-farstream-devel telepathy-glib-devel gstreamer1-devel"
 short_desc="Qt5 bindings for the Telepathy D-Bus protocol"
 maintainer="Duncaen <duncaen@voidlinux.org>"