diff --git a/srcpkgs/cheese/template b/srcpkgs/cheese/template
index e6d1e05dbc..70e86a5909 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cheese/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cheese/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build_style=meson
 configure_args="-Dgtk_doc=$(vopt_if gtk_doc 'true' 'false')
  -Dman=$(vopt_if gtk_doc 'true' 'false')"
 build_helper="gir"
-hostmakedepends="gdk-pixbuf glib-devel itstool pkg-config vala librsvg
+hostmakedepends="gettext gdk-pixbuf glib-devel itstool pkg-config vala librsvg
  $(vopt_if gtk_doc 'gtk-doc') $(vopt_if gir 'gobject-introspection')"
 makedepends="clutter-gst3-devel clutter-gtk-devel gnome-desktop-devel
  gst-plugins-good1 libXtst-devel libcanberra-devel libgee08-devel librsvg-devel"