diff --git a/srcpkgs/dbus-glib/patches/fix-build.patch b/srcpkgs/dbus-glib/patches/fix-build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ac812289f8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/dbus-glib/patches/fix-build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- dbus/dbus-gvalue.c.orig	2013-04-03 11:46:39.075287327 +0200
++++ dbus/dbus-gvalue.c	2013-04-03 11:46:59.178392995 +0200
+@@ -1932,8 +1932,6 @@ G_STATIC_ASSERT (sizeof (dbus_bool_t) ==
+ G_STATIC_ASSERT (sizeof (dbus_int32_t) == sizeof (gint));
+ G_STATIC_ASSERT (sizeof (dbus_uint32_t) == sizeof (guint));
+ /* These should be true regardless, but just for completeness... */
+-G_STATIC_ASSERT (sizeof (dbus_int64_t) == sizeof (gint64));
+-G_STATIC_ASSERT (sizeof (dbus_uint64_t) == sizeof (guint64));
+ G_STATIC_ASSERT (sizeof (double) == sizeof (gdouble));
+ 
+ static gboolean
diff --git a/srcpkgs/dbus-glib/template b/srcpkgs/dbus-glib/template
index ab549043741..37acf6f8e5e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/dbus-glib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/dbus-glib/template
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ version=0.100.2
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static --disable-bash-completion"
-depends="expat"
-makedepends="pkg-config glib-devel dbus-devel"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="glib-devel dbus-devel"
 subpackages="$pkgname-devel"
 short_desc="GLib bindings for D-Bus"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"