diff --git a/srcpkgs/php-ast/template b/srcpkgs/php-ast/template
index a70288fcce7..2d63572004f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/php-ast/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/php-ast/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=1.0.6
 revision=1
 wrksrc="ast-${version}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="autoconf"
+hostmakedepends="php-devel autoconf"
 makedepends="php-devel"
 depends="php>=7.4.3"
 short_desc="Exposes the abstract syntax tree generated by PHP 7"