diff --git a/srcpkgs/xsnow/template b/srcpkgs/xsnow/template
index 5732e9e7128..58935178733 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xsnow/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xsnow/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=3.7.7
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 build_helper=qemu
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="gsl-devel pkg-config"
 makedepends="gsl-devel gtk+3-devel libX11-devel libXext-devel libXpm-devel
  libXt-devel"
 short_desc="Snow for your X11 sessions"