diff --git a/srcpkgs/okular/template b/srcpkgs/okular/template
index 33478c2ef71..c2f302dd58f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/okular/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/okular/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=okular
 version=19.04.0
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
-hostmakedepends="extra-cmake-modules pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="extra-cmake-modules pkg-config kcoreaddons"
 makedepends="discount-devel djvulibre-devel ebook-tools-devel khtml-devel
  kpty-devel libchmlib-devel libkexiv25-devel libqmobipocket-devel
  libspectre-devel libzip-devel plasma-framework-devel poppler-qt5-devel