diff --git a/srcpkgs/gpick/template b/srcpkgs/gpick/template
index 54e3dd30e0a..402f95fd196 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gpick/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gpick/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=0.2.5
 revision=4
 wrksrc="${pkgname}-${pkgname}-${version}"
 build_style=scons
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="gettext pkg-config"
 makedepends="boost-devel gtk+-devel lua52-devel"
 short_desc="Advanced color picker written in C++ using GTK+ toolkit"
 maintainer="Alexander Mamay <alexander@mamay.su>"