diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-books/template b/srcpkgs/gnome-books/template
index 638d9140e4..114b9e034c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnome-books/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-books/template
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ version=3.34.0
 revision=1
 build_helper="gir"
 build_style=meson
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config vala glib-devel librsvg docbook-xsl libxslt"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config vala glib-devel librsvg docbook-xsl libxslt
+ gettext appstream-glib desktop-file-utils"
 makedepends="gjs-devel gtk+3-devel libglib-devel webkit2gtk-devel tracker-devel
  gnome-desktop-devel evince-devel libgepub-devel"
 short_desc="E-book manager application for GNOME"
@@ -13,4 +14,3 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Books"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/${pkgname}/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=ca5716a09e526ee43aa69dafffe5057b30edc648f56f554070c54a1db19d7b94
-nocross="Mozjs60 .pc file's Cflags don't honor the sysroot which leads to missing includes"