diff --git a/templates/xbps-base-chroot.tmpl b/templates/xbps-base-chroot.tmpl
index 5eed22d0f2b..6dceee0c3cb 100644
--- a/templates/xbps-base-chroot.tmpl
+++ b/templates/xbps-base-chroot.tmpl
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ long_desc="
 
 base_chroot=yes
 build_depends="glibc-2.8 kernel-libc-headers-2.6.27.3 bash-3.2 coreutils-6.12
+ bison-2.3 texinfo-4.13 m4-1.4.12 libarchive-2.5.5 binutils-2.18
+ mpfr-2.3.2 gmp-4.2.4 gcc-4.3.2
  tar-1.20 bzip2-1.0.5 gzip-1.3.12 gawk-3.1.6 grep-2.5.3 findutils-4.4.0
  sed-4.1.5 make-3.81 diffutils-2.8.1 file-4.26 proplib-0.1 patch-2.5.4
  wget-1.11.4 dash-0.5.4"
-run_depends="$build_depends binutils-2.18 gcc-4.3.2 mpfr-2.3.2 gmp-4.2.4
- libarchive-2.5.5 bison-2.3 texinfo-4.13"
+run_depends="$build_depends"