diff --git a/srcpkgs/xsnow/template b/srcpkgs/xsnow/template
index 539f9d758ca..509d1fc67f9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xsnow/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xsnow/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'xsnow'
 pkgname=xsnow
 version=3.7.9
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 build_helper=qemu
-hostmakedepends="gsl-devel pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="gsl-devel pkg-config gettext tar"
 makedepends="gsl-devel gtk+3-devel libX11-devel libXext-devel libXpm-devel
  libXt-devel"
 short_desc="Snow for your X11 sessions"