diff --git a/srcpkgs/seed/template b/srcpkgs/seed/template
index 28405fe5444..1563d89c6a5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/seed/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/seed/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool"
-makedepends="readline-devel gobject-introspection
+makedepends="mpfr-devel readline-devel gobject-introspection
  libsoup-devel webkitgtk-devel sqlite-devel dbus-glib-devel
  gir-freedesktop gnome-js-common"
 depends="gir-freedesktop gnome-js-common"