diff --git a/.SRCINFO b/.SRCINFO
index 3042cc6691b23..7762d4461e48e 100644
--- a/.SRCINFO
+++ b/.SRCINFO
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ pkgbase = icecat
 	license = GPL
 	license = MPL
 	license = LGPL
+	makedepends = m4
 	makedepends = unzip
 	makedepends = zip
 	makedepends = diffutils
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index ed39159fe49e9..1b43c877e6d6c 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ url="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/"
 license=('GPL' 'MPL' 'LGPL')
 depends=(gtk3 mozilla-common libxt startup-notification mime-types dbus-glib
          ffmpeg nss ttf-font libpulse)
-makedepends=(unzip zip diffutils python2-setuptools yasm mesa imake inetutils
+makedepends=(m4 unzip zip diffutils python2-setuptools yasm mesa imake inetutils
              xorg-server-xvfb autoconf2.13 rust clang llvm jack gtk2
              python nodejs python2-psutil cbindgen nasm wget mercurial git)
 optdepends=('networkmanager: Location detection via available WiFi networks'