diff --git a/srcpkgs/timeshift/template b/srcpkgs/timeshift/template
index d93e3363d4..501a13cd91 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/timeshift/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/timeshift/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=19.08.1
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 conf_files="/etc/default/timeshift.json"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config vala"
+hostmakedepends="gettext pkg-config vala which"
 makedepends="libgee08-devel json-glib-devel gtk+3-devel vte3-devel libgirepository-devel"
 depends="rsync"
 short_desc="System restore tool"