diff --git a/srcpkgs/libarchive/template b/srcpkgs/libarchive/template
index 32937f3b165..e33c03e0fd9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libarchive/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libarchive/template
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ distfiles="http://www.libarchive.org/downloads/libarchive-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=eb87eacd8fe49e8d90c8fdc189813023ccc319c5e752b01fb6ad0cc7b2c53d5e
 
 if [ "$XBPS_CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	hostmakedepends="automake"
+	hostmakedepends="libtool automake"
 	pre_configure() {
 		./build/autogen.sh
 	}