diff --git a/srcpkgs/NetworkManager/template b/srcpkgs/NetworkManager/template
index e6fa12a7344..6078060c8e7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/NetworkManager/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/NetworkManager/template
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ hostmakedepends="
  automake libtool pkg-config intltool gnutls-devel glib-devel dbus-glib-devel
  gettext-devel gtk-doc dbus iproute2 dhclient wpa_supplicant bluez iptables
  $(vopt_if gir gobject-introspection) $(vopt_if gir python-gobject)"
+# Install host dependency to read the soname. Should be the same on
+# host and target.
+hostmakedepends+=" jansson-devel"
 makedepends="libuuid-devel gnutls-devel dbus-glib-devel libgudev-devel
  libnl3-devel polkit-devel ppp-devel iptables-devel libcurl-devel
  ModemManager-devel readline-devel libndp-devel newt-devel jansson-devel