diff --git a/srcpkgs/ocaml-stdcompat/template b/srcpkgs/ocaml-stdcompat/template
index 06b76e8d334..7bfcf2576ce 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ocaml-stdcompat/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ocaml-stdcompat/template
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ version=19
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--libdir=/usr/lib/ocaml"
+hostmakedepends="automake"
 makedepends="ocaml ocaml-findlib"
 short_desc="Compatibility module for OCaml standard library"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"