diff --git a/contrib/src/xproto/rules.mak b/contrib/src/xproto/rules.mak
index b3828d1378..fc1088102f 100644
--- a/contrib/src/xproto/rules.mak
+++ b/contrib/src/xproto/rules.mak
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ XPROTO_VERSION := 7.0.29
 XPROTO_URL := http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/proto/xproto-$(XPROTO_VERSION).tar.bz2
 
 $(TARBALLS)/xproto-$(XPROTO_VERSION).tar.bz2:
-	$(call download,$(XPROTO_URL))
+	$(call download_pkg,$(XPROTO_URL),xcb)
 
 ifeq ($(call need_pkg,"xproto"),)
 PKGS_FOUND += xproto