diff --git a/srcpkgs/firefox/template b/srcpkgs/firefox/template
index c0e273afdff..fade5ef3acb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/firefox/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/firefox/template
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ disable_debug=yes
 
 depends="desktop-file-utils hicolor-icon-theme"
 
-makedepends="unzip zip perl python yasm libjpeg-turbo-devel libpng-devel>=1.5.10
+hostmakedepends="unzip zip pkg-config perl python yasm"
+makedepends="libjpeg-turbo-devel libpng-devel>=1.5.10
  pixman-devel libIDL-devel nss-devel>=3.13.3 sqlite-devel libXrender-devel
  gtk+-devel libevent-devel libnotify-devel libvpx-devel GConf-devel
  startup-notification-devel dbus-glib-devel alsa-lib-devel hunspell-devel