diff --git a/srcpkgs/libcap/template b/srcpkgs/libcap/template
index 198932b933e..71946cc6d49 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libcap/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libcap/template
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 pkgname=libcap
 version=2.24
 revision=3
-hostmakedepends="gperf perl"
+bootstrap=yes
 makedepends="attr-devel"
 short_desc="POSIX.1e capabilities suite"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="${KERNEL_SITE}/libs/security/linux-privs/libcap2/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=cee4568f78dc851d726fc93f25f4ed91cc223b1fe8259daa4a77158d174e6c65
 
+if [ -z "$CHROOT_READY" ]; then
+	hostmakedepends="gperf perl"
+fi
+
 do_configure() {
 	sed -i 's/CFLAGS :=/CFLAGS +=/g' Make.Rules
 	sed -i '/BUILD_CFLAGS/s/$(CFLAGS)//' Make.Rules