diff --git a/srcpkgs/qt5/template b/srcpkgs/qt5/template
index 935a156b7d4..e7d329e7433 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qt5/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qt5/template
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ LDFLAGS="-pthread -ldl -fPIE -Wl,-z,stack-size=2097152"
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	# Need some devel packages in the host to build qmake, moc, uic, rcc
 	# wayland-devel contains /usr/bin/wayland-scanner
-	hostmakedepends+=" icu-devel wayland-devel zlib-devel"
+	hostmakedepends+=" icu-devel wayland-devel zlib-devel libxml2-devel"
 	hostmakedepends+=" postgresql-libs-devel"
 fi