diff --git a/srcpkgs/boost/template b/srcpkgs/boost/template
index 957cc08e4c5..5692d634b4a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/boost/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/boost/template
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Add_dependency run icu-libs
 Add_dependency build zlib-devel
 Add_dependency build bzip2-devel
 Add_dependency build icu-devel
-Add_dependency build python
+Add_dependency build python-devel
 
 do_build()
 {