diff --git a/srcpkgs/spice-protocol/template b/srcpkgs/spice-protocol/template
index 713565149a4..1edf4afe66d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/spice-protocol/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/spice-protocol/template
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 # Template file for 'spice-protocol'
 pkgname=spice-protocol
 version=0.12.10
-revision=1
+revision=2
 noarch=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--datarootdir=/usr/lib"
-short_desc="Spice Protocol headers"
+makedepends="python-parsing python-six"
+depends="${makedepends}"
+pycompile_dirs="usr/lib/spice-protocol"
+short_desc="SPICE protocol headers"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://www.spice-space.org/"
 license="BSD"
-distfiles="http://www.spice-space.org/download/releases/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
+distfiles="http://www.spice-space.org/download/releases/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=788f0d7195bec5b14371732b562eb55ca82712aab12273b0e87529fb30532efb