diff --git a/srcpkgs/libX11/template b/srcpkgs/libX11/template
index 00b5c042f82..7ea1c53fff9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libX11/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libX11/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-ipv6 --enable-xlocaledir --without-xmlto
  --enable-static --enable-malloc0returnsnull"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config xorg-util-macros"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config xorg-util-macros xorgproto"
 makedepends="xorgproto xtrans libxcb-devel"
 short_desc="Base X libraries from Xorg"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"