diff --git a/srcpkgs/udisks2/template b/srcpkgs/udisks2/template
index 497ab6324a..c441dfed8a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/udisks2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/udisks2/template
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ build_helper="gir"
 configure_args="--disable-static --with-udevdir=/usr/lib/udev
  --enable-lvm2 --enable-btrfs --enable-bcache --enable-vdo
  --enable-lvmcache --enable-zram $(vopt_enable gir introspection)"
-hostmakedepends="docbook-xsl glib-devel libxslt pkg-config
+hostmakedepends="docbook-xsl gettext glib-devel libxslt pkg-config
  $(vopt_if gir 'gobject-introspection') polkit"
 makedepends="acl-devel libatasmart-devel libgudev-devel libparted-devel
  polkit-devel sg3_utils-devel libblockdev-devel libbtrfs-devel elogind-devel"