diff --git a/srcpkgs/llvm-libunwind/template b/srcpkgs/llvm-libunwind/template
index ade2ac776af..9df1d65cca0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/llvm-libunwind/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/llvm-libunwind/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=3.8.0
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 wrksrc="libunwind-${version}.src"
-hostmakedepends="cmake"
+hostmakedepends="cmake llvm"
 makedepends="llvm"
 make_build_args="VERBOSE=1"
 short_desc="LLVM version of libunwind library"