diff --git a/srcpkgs/bookworm/template b/srcpkgs/bookworm/template
index 0ff1e17ca41..6f289d779a7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bookworm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bookworm/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=bookworm
 version=1.1.1
 revision=2
 build_style=cmake
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config glib-devel"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config glib-devel vala"
 makedepends="gtk+3-devel libgee08-devel granite-devel webkit2gtk-devel sqlite-devel
  poppler-glib-devel libxml2-devel glib-devel"
 depends="poppler"