diff --git a/srcpkgs/gupnp-tools/template b/srcpkgs/gupnp-tools/template
index 09507922f46..cad194d50f8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gupnp-tools/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gupnp-tools/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=gupnp-tools
 version=0.10.0
 revision=2
 build_style=meson
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config glib-devel gobject-introspection"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config glib-devel gobject-introspection gettext"
 makedepends="gupnp-av-devel gtk+3-devel gtksourceview4-devel
  libxml2-devel libsoup-devel"
 short_desc="Free replacements of Intel UPnP tools that use GUPnP"