diff --git a/srcpkgs/elfutils/template b/srcpkgs/elfutils/template
index dfde0c30ee6..e8d88c46225 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/elfutils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/elfutils/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=0.156
 revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--program-prefix=eu-"
-makedepends="liblzma-devel"
+makedepends="zlib-devel bzip2-devel liblzma-devel"
 short_desc="Utilities to handle ELF object files"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3"