diff --git a/srcpkgs/goffice/template b/srcpkgs/goffice/template
index 79d4583e9f3..a18b38b2c05 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/goffice/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/goffice/template
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ homepage="https://github.com/GNOME/goffice"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/${pkgname}/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=550fceefa74622b8fe57dd0b030003e31db50edf7f87068ff5e146365108b64e
 
+makedepends+=" mozjs52-devel"
+
 pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -if
 }