diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-boxes/template b/srcpkgs/gnome-boxes/template
index 4c607cf7f41..6ab8e1ed636 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnome-boxes/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-boxes/template
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ pkgname=gnome-boxes
 version=3.6.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
+depends="qemu"
 fulldepends="desktop-file-utils hicolor-icon-theme shared-mime-info"
 makedepends="pkg-config intltool glib-devel gobject-introspection
 clutter-gtk-devel gtk+3-devel gtk-vnc-devel libvirt-glib-devel libxml2-devel