diff --git a/srcpkgs/aisleriot/template b/srcpkgs/aisleriot/template
index d76029e58b1..a791f3a41a8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/aisleriot/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/aisleriot/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build_style=meson
 # build requires assertions to be turned on -> n_debug=false
 configure_args="-Dtheme_pysol_path=/usr/share/PySolFC/cardsets -Dtheme_pysol=true
  -Dtheme_kde=false -Db_ndebug=false"
-hostmakedepends="desktop-file-utils glib-devel guile intltool itstool pkg-config
+hostmakedepends="desktop-file-utils glib-devel guile gettext itstool pkg-config
  pysolfc-cardsets"
 makedepends="guile-devel libcanberra-devel librsvg-devel"
 depends="guile yelp"