diff --git a/srcpkgs/openconnect/template b/srcpkgs/openconnect/template
index 4d16fab5249..369763656c1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/openconnect/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/openconnect/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=8.05
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-vpnc-script=/usr/libexec/vpnc-scripts/vpnc-script"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="gettext pkg-config"
 makedepends="gnutls-devel libxml2-devel zlib-devel liblz4-devel
  libproxy-devel mit-krb5-devel pcsclite-devel"
 depends="vpnc-scripts"