diff --git a/.SRCINFO b/.SRCINFO
index de32b5a44f94..0172959924fe 100644
--- a/.SRCINFO
+++ b/.SRCINFO
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ pkgbase = sdl_sound-patched-hg
 	arch = i686
 	arch = x86_64
 	license = LGPL
+	makedepends = mercurial
 	depends = sdl2
 	depends = libmodplug
 	depends = libvorbis
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 1adfadc0551e..c546de289800 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
 url="http://icculus.org/SDL_sound/"
 license=('LGPL')
 depends=('sdl2' 'libmodplug' 'libvorbis' 'flac' 'speex')
+makedepends=('mercurial')
 conflicts=("$_name")
 provides=("$_name")
 source=($_name::"hg+http://hg.icculus.org/icculus/SDL_sound"