diff --git a/srcpkgs/pdfgrep/template b/srcpkgs/pdfgrep/template
index 20fe67c7203..478c20aa1a6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pdfgrep/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pdfgrep/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=2.1.2
 revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
-makedepends="libgcrypt-devel poppler-cpp-devel"
+makedepends="libgcrypt-devel poppler-cpp-devel pcre-devel"
 short_desc="A commandline utility to search text in PDF files"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"