diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-photos/template b/srcpkgs/gnome-photos/template
index 48ec55c4afc..72adccbebc4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnome-photos/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-photos/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=2
 build_helper="gir"
 build_style=meson
 configure_args="-Ddogtail=false"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config itstool glib-devel gdk-pixbuf librsvg"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config gettext itstool glib-devel gdk-pixbuf librsvg"
 makedepends="gtk+3-devel babl-devel exempi-devel lcms2-devel
  gfbgraph-devel tracker-devel libexif-devel librsvg-devel grilo-devel
  libgexiv2-devel gnome-online-accounts-devel gnome-desktop-devel libgdata-devel