diff --git a/srcpkgs/tiff/template b/srcpkgs/tiff/template
index 51b387fce7c..bf46d922b52 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/tiff/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/tiff/template
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ distfiles="ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/pub/libtiff/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=ea1aebe282319537fb2d4d7805f478dd4e0e05c33d0928baba76a7c963684872
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	hostmakedepends="automake"
+	hostmakedepends="automake libtool"
 	pre_configure() {
 		autoreconf -fi
 	}