diff --git a/srcpkgs/base-system-rpi/template b/srcpkgs/base-system-rpi/template
index 7c05bbd9168..6db27733624 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/base-system-rpi/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/base-system-rpi/template
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 pkgname=base-system-rpi
 version=0.6
 revision=1
+build_style=meta
 homepage="http://www.voidlinux.eu/"
 short_desc="Void Linux base system meta package for the Raspberry Pi"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
@@ -9,13 +10,14 @@ license="Public domain"
 
 only_for_archs="armv6l"
 
-_depends="base-files ncurses coreutils findutils diffutils dash bash grep
+makedepends="
+ base-files ncurses coreutils findutils diffutils dash bash grep
  texinfo file sed gawk less util-linux which tar man-pages man-db shadow
- e2fsprogs btrfs-progs xfsprogs kbd psmisc procps-ng sudo tzdata ntp-daemon
- iana-etc systemd cron-daemon openssh>=6.1p1 dhcpcd iproute2 iputils
+ e2fsprogs btrfs-progs xfsprogs kbd psmisc procps-ng sudo tzdata
+ iana-etc systemd ntp?ntp-daemon dcron?cron-daemon openssh>=6.1p1
+ dhcpcd iproute2 iputils dosfstools parted kernel-rpi rpi-firmware
  bridge-utils ifenslave iw wpa_supplicant xbps netbsd-wtf nvi
- wifi-firmware nss-mdns traceroute ethtool kernel-rpi rpi-firmware
- dosfstools parted"
+ wifi-firmware nss-mdns traceroute ethtool"
 
 do_install() {
 	# Load the audio module by default.
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ do_install() {
 
 base-system-rpi_package() {
 	provides="base-system-${version}"
-	depends="${_depends}"
+	depends="${makedepends}"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove all
 	}