diff --git a/srcpkgs/chroot-glibc/template b/srcpkgs/chroot-glibc/template
index c393338f5a7..34072d43a89 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/chroot-glibc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/chroot-glibc/template
@@ -18,12 +18,14 @@ long_desc="
 
 noverifyrdeps=yes
 bootstrap=yes
-nostrip_files="
-ld-${version}.so libc-${version}.so libpthread-${version}.so libthread_db-1.0.so"
-
+nostrip_files="ld-${version}.so libc-${version}.so libpthread-${version}.so libthread_db-1.0.so"
 provides="glibc-${version} glibc-devel-${version}"
 conflicts="glibc>=0 glibc-devel>=0"
 
+if [ -n "$IN_CHROOT" ]; then
+	makedepends="bison perl"
+fi
+
 do_configure() {
 	local cflags