diff --git a/srcpkgs/xfce4-verve-plugin/template b/srcpkgs/xfce4-verve-plugin/template
index fe00e5a0bea..c1388c32ea4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xfce4-verve-plugin/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xfce4-verve-plugin/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-locales-dir=/usr/share/locale"
 hostmakedepends="intltool pkg-config"
-makedepends="xfce4-panel-devel"
+makedepends="xfce4-panel-devel pcre-devel"
 short_desc="Command line plugin Xfce4 panel"
 maintainer="Alexander Mamay <alexander@mamay.su>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"