diff --git a/srcpkgs/cracklib/template b/srcpkgs/cracklib/template
index 0ab77080c93..de459593969 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cracklib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cracklib/template
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ checksum="
  9b323c100780f2a817ab3de082b8bfaa4478bfa174dcbd016810ed8be60cbe16"
 
 if [ "$XBPS_CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	hostmakedepends="automake gettext-devel"
+	hostmakedepends="automake gettext-devel python-devel"
 	pre_configure() {
 		sed -i "s|AM_CONFIG_HEADER|AC_CONFIG_HEADERS|g" -i configure.in
 		autoreconf -fi