diff --git a/srcpkgs/lua-MessagePack/template b/srcpkgs/lua-MessagePack/template
index 2bf917f960f..617f33b5a49 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lua-MessagePack/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lua-MessagePack/template
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ version=0.3.1
 revision=1
 hostmakedepends="lua>=5.2"
 makedepends="lua>=5.2"
+depends="lua>=5.2"
 short_desc="A pure Lua implementation of msgpack.org"
 maintainer="Tj Vanderpoel (bougyman) <tj@rubyists.com>"
 license="MIT"