diff --git a/srcpkgs/rest/template b/srcpkgs/rest/template
index 94314aa9d7b..aa4299c8ffd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rest/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rest/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build_style=gnu-configure
 build_helper="gir"
 configure_args="$(vopt_enable gir introspection) --disable-static
  --with-ca-certificates=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt"
-hostmakedepends="automake perl m4 libtool pkg-config glib-devel"
+hostmakedepends="automake perl m4 libtool pkg-config glib-devel gtk-doc"
 makedepends="libglib-devel libsoup-gnome-devel libxml2-devel"
 depends="ca-certificates"
 short_desc="RESTful library"