diff --git a/srcpkgs/glib/template b/srcpkgs/glib/template
index 863a9d72a97..648051ade68 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glib/template
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ pkgname=glib
 version=2.36.2
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--disable-fam --with-pcre=system --enable-static --enable-man"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config perl python libxslt docbook-xsl"
+configure_args="--disable-fam --with-pcre=system --enable-static"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config perl python libxslt docbook-xsl automake"
 makedepends="zlib-devel pcre-devel>=8.30 libffi-devel dbus-devel elfutils-devel"
 short_desc="The GNU library of C routines"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"