diff --git a/srcpkgs/cantarell-fonts/template b/srcpkgs/cantarell-fonts/template
index 4e38fb2c52..f3c4b99b40 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cantarell-fonts/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cantarell-fonts/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 archs=noarch
 build_style=meson
 configure_args="-Dfontsdir=/usr/share/fonts/cantarell -Duseprebuilt=true -Dbuildappstream=true"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config meson appstream-glib"
+hostmakedepends="gettext pkg-config meson appstream-glib"
 depends="fontconfig"
 short_desc="Cantarell family of TrueType fonts"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"