diff --git a/srcpkgs/warzone2100/template b/srcpkgs/warzone2100/template
index 9f19f6e3b71..66aac91fed6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/warzone2100/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/warzone2100/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 wrksrc="warzone2100"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-distributor=void"
-hostmakedepends="zip unzip asciidoc pkg-config perl autoconf automake"
+hostmakedepends="zip unzip asciidoc gettext pkg-config perl autoconf automake"
 makedepends="libpng-devel fribidi-devel fontconfig-devel SDL2-devel libvorbis-devel
  libtheora-devel libopenal-devel glew-devel physfs-devel harfbuzz-devel
  qt5-script-devel"