diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-desktop/template b/srcpkgs/gnome-desktop/template
index 38baffaa5c8..992cb1ff16a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnome-desktop/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-desktop/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build_style=meson
 build_helper="gir"
 configure_args="-Dgnome-distributor=VoidLinux -Dudev=enabled
  -Dintrospection=$(vopt_if gir true false)"
-hostmakedepends="itstool pkg-config glib-devel"
+hostmakedepends="gettext itstool pkg-config glib-devel"
 makedepends="eudev-libudev-devel gsettings-desktop-schemas-devel gtk+3-devel
  iso-codes libglib-devel libseccomp-devel libX11-devel libXext-devel
  libxkbfile-devel libXrandr-devel gdk-pixbuf-devel"