diff --git a/srcpkgs/dos2unix/template b/srcpkgs/dos2unix/template
index 862b49c8314..bc5293f459e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/dos2unix/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/dos2unix/template
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ pkgname=dos2unix
 version=7.4.1
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
+hostmakedepends="gettext"
 short_desc="Text file format converter"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="BSD-2-Clause"