diff --git a/srcpkgs/Carla/template b/srcpkgs/Carla/template
index 8ea0fb0ab7b..2a13d9d5e8e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/Carla/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/Carla/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=2
 archs="x86_64* i686* aarch64* arm*"
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 pycompile_dirs="usr/share/carla"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3-PyQt5-devel-tools which"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3 python3-PyQt5-devel-tools which"
 makedepends="python3-PyQt5 libmagic file-devel libsndfile-devel
  liblo-devel alsa-lib-devel pulseaudio-devel libX11-devel gtk+3-devel
  gtk+-devel qt5-devel fluidsynth-devel fftw-devel zlib-devel