diff --git a/srcpkgs/vba-m/template b/srcpkgs/vba-m/template
index 72397880c22..8d69e721e36 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vba-m/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vba-m/template
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ archs="x86_64* i686*"
 wrksrc="visualboyadvance-m-${version}"
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DENABLE_GTK=TRUE -DENABLE_FFMPEG=TRUE -DENABLE_LINK=TRUE"
-hostmakedepends="unzip pkg-config zip yasm wxWidgets-common-devel"
+hostmakedepends="gettext pkg-config unzip zip yasm wxWidgets-common-devel"
 makedepends="zlib-devel libpng-devel MesaLib-devel libopenal-devel SDL2-devel
  gtkmm2-devel gtkglext-devel gtkglextmm-devel ffmpeg-devel gtk+3-devel
  SFML-devel wxWidgets-gtk3-devel libgomp-devel"