diff --git a/srcpkgs/netpbm/template b/srcpkgs/netpbm/template
index cc383b0b9d6..80a777fa34d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/netpbm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/netpbm/template
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ _githash=30afec0b7050d438e664f123b4faa97f9f7e6e20
 _githash_guide=fb48776592aebf481e5b27db16786005dd965c71
 create_wrksrc=yes
 build_wrksrc="netpbm-mirror-${_githash}"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config perl flex"
+hostmakedepends="flex perl pkg-config python3"
 makedepends="libX11-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel libpng-devel libxml2-devel
  tiff-devel zlib-devel"
 short_desc="Toolkit for manipulation of graphic images"