diff --git a/srcpkgs/thunderbird/template b/srcpkgs/thunderbird/template
index 009635149f0..ef1f4e4ec2a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/thunderbird/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/thunderbird/template
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ checksum=081b53161750a31f9b43d4ba4ccb496c69fdfaa3430f0ce0798cd5fa3036764c
 
 disable_debug=yes
 
-makedepends="unzip zip perl python yasm libjpeg-turbo-devel libpng-devel>=1.6
+hostmakedepends="unzip zip perl python yasm pkg-config"
+makedepends="libjpeg-turbo-devel libpng-devel>=1.6 hunspell-devel
  pixman-devel libIDL-devel nss-devel>=3.13.3 sqlite-devel libXrender-devel
  gtk+-devel libevent-devel libnotify-devel libvpx-devel GConf-devel
  startup-notification-devel dbus-glib-devel alsa-lib-devel hunspell-devel