diff --git a/srcpkgs/dwdiff/template b/srcpkgs/dwdiff/template
index 30a220bf43f..c0e778429cb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/dwdiff/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/dwdiff/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=dwdiff
 version=2.1.2
 revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="gettext pkg-config"
 makedepends="icu-devel"
 depends="diffutils"
 short_desc="Word-level diff(1)"