diff --git a/srcpkgs/chroot-git/template b/srcpkgs/chroot-git/template
index 7037c9a5660..a439e1d0414 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/chroot-git/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/chroot-git/template
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ distfiles="https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=723f24dce8fdd621a308b6187553fce7d5244205c065fe0a3aebd0b7c3f88562
 
 if [ "$CHROOT_READY" ]; then
-	hostmakedepends="perl"
+	hostmakedepends="perl gettext tar"
 else
 	configure_args+=" --with-zlib=${XBPS_MASTERDIR}/usr"
 fi