diff --git a/britney2/policies/policy.py b/britney2/policies/policy.py
index 0019f15..e588351 100644
--- a/britney2/policies/policy.py
+++ b/britney2/policies/policy.py
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ class BuildDependsPolicy(BasePolicy):
                     continue
 
                 # check if the block can be satisfied in the source suite, and list the solving packages
-                packages = get_dependency_solvers(block, binaries_s_a, provides_s_a)
+                packages = get_dependency_solvers(block, binaries_s_a, provides_s_a, build_depends=True)
                 packages = [binaries_s_a[p].source for p in packages]
 
                 # if the dependency can be satisfied by the same source package, skip the block: