diff --git a/srcpkgs/geoip/template b/srcpkgs/geoip/template
index 4ed881244df..7a93ed2ae3c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/geoip/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/geoip/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ wrksrc="GeoIP-${version}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--mandir=/usr/share/man --sysconfdir=/etc/geoip"
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool"
-makedepends="zlib-devel"
+makedepends="zlib-devel geoip-data"
 short_desc="Non-DNS IP-to-country resolver C library and utilities"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 homepage="http://www.maxmind.com/app/c"