diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnupod/template b/srcpkgs/gnupod/template
index 71b699b2c7a..831a38fa700 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnupod/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnupod/template
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 pkgname=gnupod
 version=0.99.8
 revision=1
+noarch=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
-makedepends="perl perl-Digest-SHA1 perl-XML-Parser perl-Unicode-String perl-MP3-Info perl-TimeDate"
+hostmakedepends="perl-Digest-SHA1 perl-XML-Parser perl-Unicode-String perl-MP3-Info perl-TimeDate"
+makedepends="${hostmakedepends}"
 depends="${makedepends}"
 short_desc="Command line tools for managing data on iPods"
 maintainer="Evan Deaubl <evan@deaubl.name>"
@@ -11,4 +13,3 @@ license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnupod/"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tgz"
 checksum=bd566295a2e14352e6d05f5c816cab36b0e80d3ab36d29c4bbb45c581d3f3c31
-noarch=yes