diff --git a/srcpkgs/mozjs52/template b/srcpkgs/mozjs52/template
index e0a17faa538..52cc3d814e3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mozjs52/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mozjs52/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=4
 wrksrc="firefox-${version}esr"
 build_wrksrc="js/src"
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="perl python pkg-config automake autoconf213 autoconf-archive"
+hostmakedepends="perl python pkg-config automake autoconf213 autoconf-archive which"
 makedepends="icu-devel libffi-devel nspr-devel zlib-devel readline-devel"
 short_desc="Mozilla JavaScript interpreter and library (52.x series)"
 homepage="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/SpiderMonkey"