diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/qt-svg/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/qt-svg/package.py
index 8769600c26d..48167a1a266 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/qt-svg/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/qt-svg/package.py
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ class QtSvg(QtPackage):
     version("6.4.0", sha256="375eb69f320121e42d5dc107f9455008980c149646931b8ace19e6bc235dcd80")
     version("6.3.2", sha256="781055bca458be46ef69f2fff147a00226e41f3a23d02c91238b0328a7156518")
 
-    depends_on("cxx", type="build")  # generated
+    depends_on("c", type="build")
+    depends_on("cxx", type="build")
 
     variant("widgets", default=False, description="Build SVG widgets.")