diff --git a/srcpkgs/hddtemp/template b/srcpkgs/hddtemp/template
index 96a0b2fb99c..787193f86e7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/hddtemp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/hddtemp/template
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ revision=3
 wrksrc="hddtemp-${version/.b/-b}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-db-path=/usr/share/hddtemp/hddtemp.db"
+hostmakedepends="gettext"
 short_desc="Hard drive temperature monitoring utility"
 maintainer="Georg S. <gescha@posteo.de>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"