diff --git a/popart/PKGBUILD b/popart/PKGBUILD
index 5c685d54dc..1acf3ecd65 100644
--- a/popart/PKGBUILD
+++ b/popart/PKGBUILD
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ pkgdesc="free population genetics software"
 arch=('x86_64')
 url="http://popart.otago.ac.nz/index.shtml"
 license=('LGPLv2')
-depends=('marble' 'lpsolve' 'qt5-base')
+depends=('marble' 'lpsolve' 'qt5-base' 'suitesparse')
 makedepends=('git')
 source=("git+https://github.com/jessicawleigh/popart-current.git" "popart.desktop")
 md5sums=('SKIP'