diff --git a/srcpkgs/appstream-glib/template b/srcpkgs/appstream-glib/template
index 0fdbb482f83..8e2a7840e7b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/appstream-glib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/appstream-glib/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=appstream-glib
 version=0.6.13
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool gobject-introspection automake gperf"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool gobject-introspection automake gperf gcab"
 # XXX: add libstemmer support
 makedepends="gtk+3-devel libyaml-devel gcab-devel libsoup-devel libarchive-devel
  json-glib-devel"