diff --git a/archlinux/PKGBUILD b/archlinux/PKGBUILD
index 05f9b97..c6e0af5 100644
--- a/archlinux/PKGBUILD
+++ b/archlinux/PKGBUILD
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ url="http://qubes-os.org/"
 license=('GPL')
 groups=()
 depends=(qubes-libvchan imagemagick python2-cairo)
-makedepends=(qubes-libvchan)
+makedepends=(gcc make pkgconfig 'qubes-libvchan')
 checkdepends=()
 optdepends=()
 provides=()