diff --git a/srcpkgs/gespeaker/template b/srcpkgs/gespeaker/template
index a72b64dd9b4..bf29ef22410 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gespeaker/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gespeaker/template
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ revision=2
 archs=noarch
 build_style=python2-module
 pycompile_dirs="/usr/share/gespeaker"
-hostmakedepends="python"
+hostmakedepends="gettext python"
 makedepends="python"
 depends="espeak librsvg pygtk python-dbus python-xdg alsa-utils"
-short_desc="A GTK+ frontend for espeak and mbrola to speech the read text"
+short_desc="GTK+ frontend for espeak and mbrola to speech the read text"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://www.muflone.com/gespeaker/"