diff --git a/srcpkgs/hugin/template b/srcpkgs/hugin/template
index fee2f6138e0..72e7343333a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/hugin/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/hugin/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ wrksrc="${pkgname}-${version}"
 build_style=cmake
 pycompile_module="hpi.py hsi.py"
 pycompile_dirs="usr/share/hugin/data/plugins usr/share/hugin/data/plugins-templates"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config exiftool swig"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config exiftool swig gettext"
 makedepends="wxWidgets-gtk3-devel tiff-devel libpng-devel libopenexr-devel libgomp-devel
  exiv2-devel libfreeglut-devel libpano13-devel boost-devel vigra-devel sqlite-devel
  lensfun-devel python3-devel glew-devel libXmu-devel libXi-devel glu-devel