diff --git a/templates/libXau/depends b/templates/libXau/depends
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9dbd85baa2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/libXau/depends
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+abi_depends=1.0.4
+api_depends=${abi_depends}
diff --git a/templates/libXau/template b/templates/libXau/template
index 5f8255d1465..4000a7071a7 100644
--- a/templates/libXau/template
+++ b/templates/libXau/template
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# Template build file for 'libXau'.
 pkgname=libXau
 version=1.0.4
 distfiles="${XORG_SITE}/lib/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
@@ -9,5 +10,6 @@ long_desc="
  LibXau is an authorization protocol for X from the modular
  X.org X11 project."
 
-build_depends="pkg-config-0.23"
-run_depends="glibc-2.8"
+Add_dependency full glibc
+Add_dependency build pkg-config
+Add_dependency build xproto