diff --git a/srcpkgs/mda-lv2/template b/srcpkgs/mda-lv2/template
index 8fe65190294..68ead7012aa 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mda-lv2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mda-lv2/template
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ revision=1
 build_style=waf
 homepage="http://drobilla.net/software/mda-lv2/"
 distfiles="http://download.drobilla.net/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
-makedepends="pkg-config lv2 python"
-depends="lv2 python"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config python"
+makedepends="lv2"
+depends="lv2"
 short_desc="LV2 port of the MDA plugins by Paul Kellett"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-3"