diff --git a/srcpkgs/eog/template b/srcpkgs/eog/template
index e0c978ad2fe..29e40ab86e1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/eog/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/eog/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 build_helper="gir"
 build_style=meson
 configure_args="-Dintrospection=$(vopt_if gir true false)"
-hostmakedepends="glib-devel itstool pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="gettext glib-devel itstool pkg-config"
 makedepends="exempi-devel gnome-desktop-devel libexif-devel libpeas-devel
  librsvg-devel"
 depends="desktop-file-utils hicolor-icon-theme shared-mime-info"