diff --git a/srcpkgs/pan/template b/srcpkgs/pan/template
index 442ef30fdf8..3c7d76534e7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pan/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pan/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=0.146
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-gnutls --with-gtk3 --with-gmime30 --enable-libnotify --enable-gkr"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config yelp-tools"
+hostmakedepends="gettext pkg-config yelp-tools"
 makedepends="gmime3-devel gnutls-devel gtk+3-devel libsecret-devel gtkspell3-devel libnotify-devel"
 depends="desktop-file-utils hicolor-icon-theme"
 short_desc="Usenet newsreader that's good at both text and binaries"