diff --git a/srcpkgs/qpdf/template b/srcpkgs/qpdf/template
index 74bc0a5d885..94b51a7f3d1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qpdf/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qpdf/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=9.1.0
 revision=1
 wrksrc="qpdf-release-qpdf-${version}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="perl"
+hostmakedepends="gettext perl tar"
 makedepends="pcre-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel"
 short_desc="Content-Preserving PDF Transformation System"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"