diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-larch/template b/srcpkgs/python-larch/template
index a8537410626..bce2621f102 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-larch/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-larch/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="larch-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
-hostmakedepends="python-setuptools"
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python-tracing"
 makedepends="python-devel python-tracing"
 depends="python>=2.7 python-tracing python-cliapp python-ttystatus"
 python_versions="2.7"