diff --git a/srcpkgs/libuv/template b/srcpkgs/libuv/template
index 853679fddac..d708d1b1b18 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libuv/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libuv/template
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ short_desc="Multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <eb@s01.de>"
 license="BSD/ISC"
 build_style="gnu-configure"
-hostmakedepends="automake libtool"
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
 homepage="http://libuv.org/"
 distfiles="http://libuv.org/dist/v${version}/libuv-v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=abd9790bf66a650c3cf3b2c74754e0ab79ffdf3afacd41ae78d71b975de14800