diff --git a/srcpkgs/Cataclysm-DDA/template b/srcpkgs/Cataclysm-DDA/template
index 6f5bfda59f..527c0a4ee6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/Cataclysm-DDA/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/Cataclysm-DDA/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=3
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DRELEASE=1 $(vopt_bool backtrace BACKTRACE) $(vopt_bool lua LUA)
  -DUSE_HOME_DIR=1 -DPREFIX=/usr"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="gettext pkg-config"
 makedepends="$(vopt_if tiles 'SDL2_image-devel SDL2_mixer-devel SDL2_ttf-devel') freetype-devel
  gettext-devel ncurses-devel $(vopt_if lua lua-devel)"
 depends="Cataclysm-DDA-data"