diff --git a/srcpkgs/ncdu/template b/srcpkgs/ncdu/template
index ff58c08719d..4b765678904 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ncdu/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ncdu/template
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ version=1.21
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 makedepends="ncurses-devel"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 short_desc="NCurses Disk Usage utility"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="MIT"