diff --git a/srcpkgs/libnl3/template b/srcpkgs/libnl3/template
index cbbe0879e7f..0ea089628fb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libnl3/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libnl3/template
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ distfiles="${homepage}/files/libnl-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=c7c5f267dfeae0c1a530bf96b71fb7c8dbbb07d54beef49b6712d8d6166f629b
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	hostmakedepends+=" automake libtool"
+	hostmakedepends+=" automake libtool pkg-config"
 	makedepends="libfl-devel"
 	pre_configure() {
 		autoreconf -fi