diff --git a/srcpkgs/irqbalance/template b/srcpkgs/irqbalance/template
index cc250cbe491..4cdb9f0ca9c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/irqbalance/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/irqbalance/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'irqbalance'
 pkgname=irqbalance
 version=1.0.9
-revision=4
+revision=5
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
 makedepends="libglib-devel libcap-ng-devel"
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/Irqbalance/irqbalance/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=f1b8115948bb9f0bc36b9d7143ee8be751a294bc189d311408e753acc37169c3
 configure_args="--sbindir=/usr/bin"
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+        # musl libc
+        *-musl) ;;
+        # gnu libc
+        *)	makedepends+=" libnuma-devel"
+                ;;
+esac
+
 pre_configure() {
 	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
 }