diff --git a/srcpkgs/libbytesize/template b/srcpkgs/libbytesize/template
index cb72e5b9fe4..af8c33c0450 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libbytesize/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libbytesize/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=libbytesize
 version=2.1
 revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="python3"
+hostmakedepends="gettext python3"
 makedepends="mpfr-devel pcre2-devel"
 checkdepends="python3-six python-six"
 short_desc="Library for operations with sizes in bytes"