diff --git a/srcpkgs/base-chroot/template b/srcpkgs/base-chroot/template
index 620fcf304ab..7129b49071f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/base-chroot/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/base-chroot/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'base-chroot'
 pkgname=base-chroot
-version=0.34
+version=0.35
 revision=1
 bootstrap=yes
 build_style=meta-template
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ long_desc="
  This package installs all necessary packages to be able to build packages
  inside of a chroot with xbps-src."
 
-makedepends="xbps-triggers base-files kernel-libc-headers chroot-glibc
+makedepends="xbps-triggers base-files kernel-libc-headers chroot-glibc>=2.17_8
  chroot-binutils>=2.22.52.0.4_1 chroot-gcc chroot-patch chroot-bash
  chroot-grep chroot-coreutils chroot-diffutils chroot-gettext chroot-texinfo
  chroot-sed chroot-gawk chroot-findutils chroot-make chroot-gzip chroot-bzip2