diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-pkgconfig/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-pkgconfig/package.py
index 2b1d6f8b4df..6250006f6a2 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-pkgconfig/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-pkgconfig/package.py
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@ class PyPkgconfig(PythonPackage):
 
     depends_on('pkgconfig', type=('build', 'run'))
 
-    depends_on('py-nose@1.0:', type='test')
+    depends_on('py-nose@1.0:', type=('build', 'test'))