diff --git a/srcpkgs/flatpak/template b/srcpkgs/flatpak/template
index c8ccce25630..dc5b4b9f6ec 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/flatpak/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/flatpak/template
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ configure_args="
  --with-system-helper-user=_flatpak
  --enable-selinux-module=no
  $(vopt_enable gir introspection)"
-hostmakedepends="bubblewrap glib-devel libxslt pkg-config bison
+hostmakedepends="bubblewrap gettext glib-devel libxslt pkg-config bison
  docbook docbook-xml docbook-xsl"
 makedepends="appstream-glib-devel gpgme-devel json-glib-devel libcap-devel
  libostree-devel libseccomp-devel polkit-devel dconf-devel fuse-devel"