diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-sqlalchemy/template b/srcpkgs/python-sqlalchemy/template
index 87e28dca610..6af4d6e8ce2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-sqlalchemy/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-sqlalchemy/template
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ version=0.8.4
 revision=1
 wrksrc="SQLAlchemy-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
+hostmakedepends="python-devel"
 makedepends="python-devel"
 short_desc="The Python SQL Toolkit and Object Relational Mapper"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"