diff --git a/main/spdlog/spkgbuild b/main/spdlog/spkgbuild
index 051f4180d..82368d09e 100644
--- a/main/spdlog/spkgbuild
+++ b/main/spdlog/spkgbuild
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # description	: Very fast, header-only/compiled, C++ logging library.
 # homepage	: https://github.com/gabime/spdlog
-# depends	: cmake
+# depends	: cmake ninja
 
 name=spdlog
 version=1.11.0
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ release=1
 source="https://github.com/gabime/spdlog/archive/v$version/$name-$version.tar.gz"
 
 build() {
-	cmake -S $name-$version -B build \
+	cmake -S $name-$version -B build -G Ninja \
 	        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
 	        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib \
 		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBEXECDIR=lib \