diff --git a/srcpkgs/gst-plugins-ugly1/template b/srcpkgs/gst-plugins-ugly1/template
index e4458272994..fa79e8e7eb5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gst-plugins-ugly1/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gst-plugins-ugly1/template
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ wrksrc="${pkgname/1/}-${version#*:}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-experimental"
 # XXX add required pkgs for the amr, sid plugins.
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool python"
 makedepends="glib-devel libxml2-devel gst-plugins-base1-devel>=${version}
  libcdio-devel libdvdread-devel libmad-devel x264-devel>=20131007.2245_2
  orc-devel>=0.4.18 liba52-devel libmpeg2-devel lame-devel"