diff --git a/srcpkgs/Carla/template b/srcpkgs/Carla/template
index 5f4bf372377..213283e77ba 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/Carla/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/Carla/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=2
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 pycompile_module="carla_utils.py carla_backend.py"
 pycompile_dirs="usr/share/carla"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3"
 makedepends="
  python3-PyQt5-devel-tools python3-PyQt5 libmagic file-devel liblo-devel
  alsa-lib-devel pulseaudio-devel libX11-devel gtk+3-devel gtk+-devel qt5-devel