diff --git a/testing/ejabberd/APKBUILD b/testing/ejabberd/APKBUILD
index 7adb858054b..a53e432f3cc 100644
--- a/testing/ejabberd/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/ejabberd/APKBUILD
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ pkgdesc="An erlang jabber server"
 url="http://www.ejabberd.im"
 arch="x86"
 license="GPL"
-depends=
+depends="erlang"
 depends_dev="erlang-dev expat-dev libiconv-dev openssl-dev zlib-dev"
 makedepends="$depends_dev"
 install="$pkgname.post-install $pkgname.post-upgrade"