diff --git a/srcpkgs/ethtool/template b/srcpkgs/ethtool/template
index 2e185b06140..36f30518640 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ethtool/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ethtool/template
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 # Template file for 'ethtool'
 pkgname=ethtool
-version=5.4
+version=5.6
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="libmnl-devel"
 short_desc="Utility for controlling network drivers and hardware"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-only"
 homepage="http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/ethtool/"
 distfiles="http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=22f81e4927d6eb6a13a259d705248a96005fce2005e15257f639f5a1c8c52b6b
+checksum=ca0f1b526dad5153f0aa0f1eb3c17c31770c75a74f70af622b1a83ae38043995