diff --git a/srcpkgs/cinnamon-settings-daemon/template b/srcpkgs/cinnamon-settings-daemon/template
index 70f76130dd2..a41b897347f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cinnamon-settings-daemon/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cinnamon-settings-daemon/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 build_helper=gir
 configure_args="--disable-static --disable-schemas-compile"
-hostmakedepends="dbus-glib-devel gettext-devel glib-devel gnome-common
+hostmakedepends="dbus-glib-devel gettext-devel glib-devel automake
  gobject-introspection intltool libtool pkg-config"
 makedepends="cinnamon-desktop-devel elogind-devel ibus-devel json-glib-devel
  libSM-devel libcanberra-devel libgnomekbd-devel libgudev-devel libnotify-devel