diff --git a/srcpkgs/nautilus/template b/srcpkgs/nautilus/template
index ac92882eddb..e46fac5191c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nautilus/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nautilus/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 build_style=meson
 build_helper="gir"
 configure_args="-Dtests=headless -Dintrospection=$(vopt_if gir true false)"
-hostmakedepends="glib-devel libxslt pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="gettext glib-devel libxslt pkg-config"
 makedepends="exempi-devel gnome-autoar-devel gnome-desktop-devel gtk+3-devel
  libexif-devel libgexiv2-devel libglib-devel libnotify-devel libseccomp-devel
  libX11-devel libxml2-devel tracker-devel gst-plugins-base1-devel"