diff --git a/srcpkgs/po4a/template b/srcpkgs/po4a/template
index 7037d65a76d..2284fc2f004 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/po4a/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/po4a/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 archs=noarch
 build_style=perl-ModuleBuild
 _perldeps="perl perl-Text-WrapI18N perl-Term-ReadKey perl-Unicode-LineBreak perl-SGMLSpm"
-hostmakedepends="${_perldeps} perl-Locale-gettext perl-Module-Build libxslt docbook-xsl"
+hostmakedepends="${_perldeps} perl-Locale-gettext perl-Module-Build gettext libxslt docbook-xsl"
 makedepends="${_perldeps} perl-Locale-gettext perl-Module-Build"
 depends="${_perldeps} opensp gettext"
 short_desc="PO for anything (po4a) project to ease translations using gettext tools"