diff --git a/srcpkgs/libcap/template b/srcpkgs/libcap/template
index 7745f534e6c..9c9882349c0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libcap/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libcap/template
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ distfiles="${KERNEL_SITE}/libs/security/linux-privs/libcap2/$pkgname-$version.ta
 checksum=693c8ac51e983ee678205571ef272439d83afe62dd8e424ea14ad9790bc35162
 
 if [ "$CHROOT_READY" ]; then
-	hostmakedepends="gperf"
-	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-		hostmakedepends+=" perl"
+	hostmakedepends="perl"
+	if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+		hostmakedepends+=" gperf"
 	fi
 fi