diff --git a/srcpkgs/xcftools/template b/srcpkgs/xcftools/template
index 9de6777448..6d4a7e4941 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xcftools/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xcftools/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=xcftools
 version=1.0.7
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="perl"
+hostmakedepends="gettext perl"
 makedepends="gettext-devel libpng-devel"
 short_desc="A set of tools for extracting information from XCF files"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"