diff --git a/srcpkgs/gmp/template b/srcpkgs/gmp/template
index 5ba42b9bb79..87b142e882b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gmp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gmp/template
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ distfiles="ftp://ftp.gmplib.org/pub/gmp-${version}/gmp-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=c7d943a6eceb4f0d3d3ab1176aec37853831cdfa281e012f8a344ba3ceefcbc2
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	hostmakedepends="automake"
+	hostmakedepends="automake libtool"
 	pre_configure() {
 		autoreconf -fi
 	}