diff --git a/srcpkgs/oneVPL/template b/srcpkgs/oneVPL/template
index de6cd7adc98..20dcd04f5f4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/oneVPL/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/oneVPL/template
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ pkgname=oneVPL
 version=2023.3.1
 revision=2
 build_style=cmake
-hostmakedepends="libva-devel libX11-devel"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="libva-devel libX11-devel"
 short_desc="Intel oneAPI Video Processing Library"
 maintainer="Michael Aldridge <maldridge@voidlinux.org>"
 license="MIT"