diff --git a/multimedia/gpodder/Makefile b/multimedia/gpodder/Makefile
index d7abde6c0824..eeab957cc5d1 100644
--- a/multimedia/gpodder/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/gpodder/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}build>0:devel/py-build@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}installer>0:devel/py-installer@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		intltool-extract:textproc/intltool \
 		help2man:misc/help2man