diff --git a/srcpkgs/audacious-plugins/template b/srcpkgs/audacious-plugins/template
index eb72721602f..9aa1224a9f3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/audacious-plugins/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/audacious-plugins/template
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ pkgname=audacious-plugins
 version=3.3.3
 revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="audacious-devel>=${version} alsa-lib-devel pulseaudio-devel jack-devel
  lame-devel libvorbis-devel libflac-devel mpg123-devel faad2-devel ffmpeg-devel>=1.2
  libmodplug-devel fluidsynth-devel libcdio-devel wavpack-devel libnotify-devel