diff --git a/templates/xbps-base-chroot.tmpl b/templates/xbps-base-chroot.tmpl
index 63eab4ebb5b..48de84089db 100644
--- a/templates/xbps-base-chroot.tmpl
+++ b/templates/xbps-base-chroot.tmpl
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ build_depends="glibc-2.8 kernel-libc-headers-2.6.27.3 bash-3.2 coreutils-6.12
  tar-1.20 bzip2-1.0.5 gzip-1.3.12 gawk-3.1.6 grep-2.5.3 findutils-4.4.0
  sed-4.1.5 make-3.81 diffutils-2.8.1 file-4.26 proplib-0.1 patch-2.5.4
  wget-1.11.4 dash-0.5.4"
+run_depends="$build_depends"