diff --git a/community/vtk/APKBUILD b/community/vtk/APKBUILD
index a34b5418662..02bea753767 100644
--- a/community/vtk/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/vtk/APKBUILD
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ depends_dev="
 	glew-dev
 	hdf5-dev
 	jpeg-dev
+	libaec-dev
 	libpng-dev
 	libxml2-dev
 	netcdf-dev