diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-contacts/template b/srcpkgs/gnome-contacts/template
index 5595ef8ce06..2a8213a7240 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnome-contacts/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-contacts/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=3.34.0
 revision=2
 wrksrc="gnome-contacts-${version%.*}"
 build_style=meson
-hostmakedepends="docbook-xsl glib-devel libxslt pkg-config vala"
+hostmakedepends="docbook-xsl gettext glib-devel libxslt pkg-config vala"
 makedepends="cheese-devel folks-devel geocode-glib-devel gnome-desktop-devel
  libchamplain-devel libnotify-devel vala-devel libhandy-devel"
 depends="desktop-file-utils"