diff --git a/srcpkgs/xorg-server/template b/srcpkgs/xorg-server/template
index 1efed0c56ba..c2fd06ebbe8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xorg-server/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xorg-server/template
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ configure_args="--enable-ipv6 --enable-record --enable-xorg
  --with-sha1=libcrypto --enable-dmx --enable-kdrive --disable-linux-acpi
  --disable-linux-apm --enable-suid-wrapper --with-shared-memory-dir=/dev/shm
  --without-systemd-daemon --enable-xcsecurity"
-hostmakedepends="flex perl pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="flex perl pkg-config wayland-devel"
 makedepends="MesaLib-devel libXaw-devel libXfont-devel libXfont2-devel
  libXrender-devel libXres-devel libXtst-devel libXv-devel libXxf86dga-devel
  libdmx-devel libdri2-devel-git libepoxy-devel libressl-devel libxkbfile-devel