diff --git a/srcpkgs/eudev/template b/srcpkgs/eudev/template
index 42ef6369b06..77e291d78eb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/eudev/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/eudev/template
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-hwdb --enable-manpages --disable-introspection"
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config gperf libxslt docbook-xsl"
 makedepends="libblkid-devel libkmod-devel"
+checkdepends="xz"
 short_desc="Gentoo's fork of systemd-udev (enhanced userland device daemon)"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"