diff --git a/srcpkgs/xaos/template b/srcpkgs/xaos/template
index 0ff6b84800d..f647f58d7b7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xaos/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xaos/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=4.0
 revision=1
 wrksrc="XaoS-release-${version}"
 build_style=qmake
-hostmakedepends="qt5-qmake qt5-devel"
+hostmakedepends="qt5-qmake qt5-devel which"
 makedepends="qt5-devel gsl-devel"
 short_desc="Fast interactive real-time fractal zoomer/morpher"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ homepage="https://xaos-project.github.io/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/xaos-project/XaoS/archive/release-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=2d72b38a53d975bfdb4ed828125f8e7017f70761d4f06249c5630367522f8e6f
 
+pre_configure() {
+	vsed -i i18n/i18n.pri -e'/updateqm.commands/ s;lrelease;lrelease-qt5;'
+}
+
 do_install() {
 	vbin bin/xaos
 	vman doc/xaos.6