diff --git a/srcpkgs/libabigail/template b/srcpkgs/libabigail/template
index 9948a222755..6cb93bf8f18 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libabigail/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libabigail/template
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ homepage="https://www.sourceware.org/libabigail/"
 distfiles="http://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=6de5be258ec40ff281fa84970258cea73538ed64054dce9a0745d06b1c3fb381
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+*-musl) makedepends+=" musl-fts-devel" ;;
+esac
+
 post_build() {
 	make -C doc/manuals man info
 }