diff --git a/srcpkgs/postgresql/template b/srcpkgs/postgresql/template
index 8cee6c69549..58dbbe1bd9a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/postgresql/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/postgresql/template
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ configure_args="--with-openssl --with-python
  --with-perl --with-tcl --without-ldap --without-gssapi --without-krb5
  --without-bonjour --with-libxml --with-libxslt --disable-rpath
  --with-system-tzdata=/usr/share/zoneinfo --enable-nls --with-uuid=e2fs"
-hostmakedepends="docbook2x flex openjade"
+hostmakedepends="docbook2x flex gettext openjade"
 makedepends="libfl-devel libressl-devel libuuid-devel libxslt-devel pam-devel perl
  python-devel readline-devel tcl-devel"
 short_desc="Sophisticated open-source Object-Relational DBMS"