diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnustep-base/template b/srcpkgs/gnustep-base/template
index b17df0f4b1a..ee11f2ff6e5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnustep-base/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnustep-base/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=gnustep-base
 version=1.26.0
 revision=6
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="gnustep-make gcc-objc pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="gnustep-make gcc-objc pkg-config which"
 makedepends="libobjc-devel libffi-devel libxml2-devel gnutls-devel
  libxslt-devel icu-devel"
 short_desc="Library of general-purpose Objective C objects for GNUstep"