diff --git a/srcpkgs/libarchive/template b/srcpkgs/libarchive/template
index d60d6596845..62dd6319169 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libarchive/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libarchive/template
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ distfiles="http://www.libarchive.org/downloads/libarchive-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=7bce45fd71ff01dc20d19edd78322d4965583d81b8bed8e26cacb65d6f5baa87
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	hostmakedepends="automake libtool"
+	hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
 	pre_configure() {
 		autoreconf -if
 	}