diff --git a/srcpkgs/geany/template b/srcpkgs/geany/template
index 7fe436aff88965..b0a34972612745 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/geany/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/geany/template
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ pkgname=geany
 version=2.0.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config libtool gettext-devel-tools automake autoconf python3-docutils"
-makedepends="gtk+3-devel"
+configure_args="--host=${arch}"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config automake autoconf intltool libtool python3-docutils gettext-devel-tools"
+makedepends="gtk+3-devel libglib-devel"
 depends="hicolor-icon-theme desktop-file-utils"
 short_desc="Fast and lightweight IDE"
 maintainer="Benjamín Albiñana <benalb@gmail.com>"