diff --git a/srcpkgs/poedit/template b/srcpkgs/poedit/template
index 418ab640beb..4863d5ed39f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/poedit/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/poedit/template
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ homepage="https://www.poedit.net/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/vslavik/poedit/releases/download/v${version}-oss/poedit-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=6c4639b8e56b6cffd52afc33d9ddf51b6ce2c6ffdf4f4edff8bb3e4c1a343101
 
+# XXX: remove once ICU rebuild is done
+makedepends+=" harfbuzz-devel libxml2-devel webkitgtk-devel"
+
 CPPFLAGS="-DUCHAR_TYPE=uint16_t"
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then