diff --git a/srcpkgs/yelp/template b/srcpkgs/yelp/template
index b6b6b7a3190..12b378a1357 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/yelp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/yelp/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=3.12.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-schemas-compile --disable-static"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool itstool"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool itstool glib-devel"
 makedepends="bzip2-devel liblzma-devel sqlite-devel libgpg-error-devel
  libgcrypt-devel libxslt-devel libsoup-devel>=2.46 webkitgtk-devel>=2.4
  yelp-xsl>=3.12"