diff --git a/srcpkgs/gamehub/template b/srcpkgs/gamehub/template
index e8f110b3eb8..7e8b35ef9af 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gamehub/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gamehub/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=0.16.1
 revision=1
 wrksrc="GameHub-${version}-2-master"
 build_style=meson
-hostmakedepends="glib-devel pkg-config vala"
+hostmakedepends="glib-devel pkg-config vala gettext"
 makedepends="granite-devel libglib-devel webkit2gtk-devel json-glib-devel
  libgee08-devel libsoup-devel sqlite-devel libxml2-devel polkit-devel
  libmanette-devel libX11-devel libXtst-devel"