diff --git a/srcpkgs/yelp/template b/srcpkgs/yelp/template
index 1288d697159..babc1b89607 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/yelp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/yelp/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=3.34.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-schemas-compile --disable-static"
-hostmakedepends="glib-devel itstool pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="gettext glib-devel itstool pkg-config"
 makedepends="bzip2-devel gtk+3-devel libgcrypt-devel libglib-devel liblzma-devel
  libxml2-devel libxslt-devel sqlite-devel webkit2gtk-devel yelp-xsl"
 depends="dconf desktop-file-utils hicolor-icon-theme yelp-xsl"