diff --git a/srcpkgs/arandr/template b/srcpkgs/arandr/template
index 30bc3cc1706..fc33ea767a6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/arandr/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/arandr/template
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://christian.amsuess.com/tools/arandr/"
 distfiles="http://christian.amsuess.com/tools/arandr/files/arandr-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum="ab73aa90d05d48b95a01afdad37b7c21a2cdf4af98f7d78b2502b819382748da"
-makedepends="python-docutils"
+hostmakedepends="python-docutils"
 depends="pygtk xrandr"
 noarch=yes
 pycompile_module="screenlayout"