diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-recipes/template b/srcpkgs/gnome-recipes/template
index 44649a051c4..30f81ab265b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnome-recipes/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-recipes/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=2.0.2
 revision=3
 _libgd_hash=97a852cdf3d37776f9c98f730d7dcbbe995bdeb7
 build_style=meson
-hostmakedepends="glib-devel itstool pkg-config git"
+hostmakedepends="gettext glib-devel itstool pkg-config git"
 makedepends="gtk+3-devel gnome-autoar-devel gspell-devel libcanberra-devel
  libsoup-devel gnome-online-accounts-devel rest-devel json-glib-devel"
 short_desc="GNOME app for sharing and finding recipes"