diff --git a/srcpkgs/libreoffice/template b/srcpkgs/libreoffice/template
index b732d1dead4..b550312ba92 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libreoffice/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libreoffice/template
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ nocross=yes
 # XXX: mit-krb5-devel nasm hamcrest iwyu ogl-math poppler
 # Missing, required libraries are downloaded and built internally
 #
-hostmakedepends="automake flex git gperf hyphen icu libtool openldap
+hostmakedepends="automake flex git gperf hyphen icu libtool openldap which gettext xz
  perl-Archive-Zip pkg-config qt5-qmake sane ucpp unzip wget zip python3-setuptools"
 makedepends="CoinMP-devel apr-devel avahi-libs-devel clucene-devel
  frameworkintegration-devel glyphy-devel gpgmepp-devel gst-plugins-base1-devel