diff --git a/srcpkgs/myrepos/template b/srcpkgs/myrepos/template
index 5f56883905f..372c12c769d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/myrepos/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/myrepos/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ version=1.20150503
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 build_style=gnu-makefile
-makedepends="perl"
+hostmakedepends="perl"
 depends="perl"
 short_desc="Manage all your version control repos"
 maintainer="Farhad Shahbazi <grauwolf@geekosphere.org>"