diff --git a/main/openssl/APKBUILD b/main/openssl/APKBUILD
index 24dda3f2b77..c66c6c83440 100644
--- a/main/openssl/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/openssl/APKBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ pkgrel=4
 pkgdesc="Toolkit for SSL v2/v3 and TLS v1"
 url="http://openssl.org"
 depends=
-makedepends="perl zlib-dev"
+makedepends_build="perl"
+makedepends_host="zlib-dev"
+makedepends="$makedepends_host $makedepends_build"
 depends_dev="zlib-dev"
 arch="all"
 license="openssl"