diff --git a/srcpkgs/gmp/template b/srcpkgs/gmp/template
index 345b5f88fc8..db8dff7ed8a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gmp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gmp/template
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ distfiles="http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/gnu/gmp/gmp-${version}a.tar.xz"
 checksum=9156d32edac6955bc53b0218f5f3763facb890b73a835d5e1b901dcf8eb8b764
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	hostmakedepends="libtool"
+	hostmakedepends="m4 libtool"
 	pre_configure() {
 		libtoolize -f
 	}