diff --git a/packages/x11/lib/libXi/meta b/packages/x11/lib/libXi/meta
index a9d1e5f17a..541f519dd2 100644
--- a/packages/x11/lib/libXi/meta
+++ b/packages/x11/lib/libXi/meta
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.x.org/"
 PKG_URL="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/lib/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
 PKG_DEPENDS="libX11"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain util-macros libX11"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain util-macros libX11 inputproto"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="x11/lib"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="libxi: X11 Input extension library"