diff --git a/srcpkgs/cawbird/template b/srcpkgs/cawbird/template
index a307ed212e..85c5d621bc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cawbird/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cawbird/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=cawbird
 version=1.3.2
 revision=2
 build_style=meson
-hostmakedepends="glib-devel pkg-config vala"
+hostmakedepends="glib-devel pkg-config vala gettext"
 makedepends="gspell-devel gst-plugins-base1-devel gtk+3-devel
  json-glib-devel libglib-devel liboauth-devel libsoup-devel rest-devel
  sqlite-devel"