diff --git a/srcpkgs/colord/template b/srcpkgs/colord/template
index 42686a1cbd3..bc7abba99d9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/colord/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/colord/template
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="$homepage/releases/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=97c3cfdd91c256f2d7a69ead1ae0c1b13f013b14b1b1b41bf1e1243771db4afc
 
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool docbook2x"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool docbook2x gobject-introspection"
 makedepends="vala-devel>=0.20 libgudev-devel polkit-devel lcms2-devel dbus-devel
  libusb-devel libgusb-devel>=0.1.6 sqlite-devel sane-devel libudev-devel
  $(vopt_if systemd systemd-devel) bash-completion"
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	hostmakedepends+=" automake libtool gettext-devel glib-devel gtk-doc colord gobject-introspection"
+	hostmakedepends+=" automake libtool gettext-devel glib-devel gtk-doc colord"
 fi
 
 # Package build options