diff --git a/srcpkgs/xpdf/template b/srcpkgs/xpdf/template
index 9a38c876d8a..a5c3fba24b0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xpdf/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xpdf/template
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DSYSTEM_XPDFRC=/etc/xpdfrc"
 conf_files="/etc/xpdfrc"
+hostmakedepends="qt5-host-tools qt5-qmake"
 makedepends="freetype-devel qt5-devel libpaper-devel zlib-devel libpng-devel cups-devel"
 depends="gsfonts"
 short_desc="Viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files"