diff --git a/srcpkgs/mutagen/template b/srcpkgs/mutagen/template
index 0500c3af08f..d60d89b5117 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mutagen/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mutagen/template
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ pkgname=mutagen
 version=1.21
 revision=1
 build_style=python-module
-makedepends="python"
+hostmakedepends="python-devel"
+makedepends="python-devel"
 short_desc="Python multimedia tagging library"
 maintainer="davehome <davehome@redthumb.info.tm>"
 homepage="http://code.google.com/p/${pkgname}/"