diff --git a/srcpkgs/chrome-gnome-shell/template b/srcpkgs/chrome-gnome-shell/template
index 4d078ff32fb..f4ae9ad6cfb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/chrome-gnome-shell/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/chrome-gnome-shell/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=10.1
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args=" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DBUILD_EXTENSION=OFF ../"
-makedepends="python jq"
+hostmakedepends="python jq"
 depends="python python-gobject python-requests dbus gnome-shell"
 short_desc="GNOME Shell integration for Chrome"
 maintainer="Stepan Usatiuk <stepus53@gmail.com>"