diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-user-docs/template b/srcpkgs/gnome-user-docs/template
index 431c54f393..4cb55396e3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnome-user-docs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-user-docs/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=3.34.0
 revision=1
 archs=noarch
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config itstool gnome-doc-utils"
+hostmakedepends="gettext pkg-config itstool gnome-doc-utils"
 makedepends="yelp"
 depends="yelp"
 short_desc="User documentation for GNOME"