diff --git a/srcpkgs/autoconf/template b/srcpkgs/autoconf/template
index d73887c0027..2b62e82807c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/autoconf/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/autoconf/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=5
 noarch=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="perl"
-depends="awk m4 perl"
+depends="virtual?awk m4 perl"
 short_desc="Generates automatic source code configuration scripts"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2, GPL-3"