diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3/template b/srcpkgs/python3/template
index be73645653a..fff1ea0d190 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3/template
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ distfiles="https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${version}/Python-${version}.tar.xz
 checksum=75894117f6db7051c1b34f37410168844bbb357c139a8a10a352e9bf8be594e8
 
 pycompile_dirs="usr/lib/python${version%.*}"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="pkgconf"
 makedepends="libffi-devel readline-devel gdbm-devel libressl-devel expat-devel
  sqlite-devel bzip2-devel zlib-devel liblzma-devel"
 depends="ca-certificates"