diff --git a/srcpkgs/linux-tools/template b/srcpkgs/linux-tools/template
index f488cc9082c..a2f222c2d01 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/linux-tools/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/linux-tools/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=5.3.1
 revision=2
 wrksrc="linux-${version}"
 build_style=meta
-hostmakedepends="asciidoc automake flex libtool perl python3 xmlto"
+hostmakedepends="asciidoc automake flex gettext libtool perl python3 xmlto"
 makedepends="babeltrace-devel binutils-devel eudev-libudev-devel
  liblzma-devel libressl-devel libsysfs-devel libunwind-devel
  ncurses-devel pciutils-devel python3-devel slang-devel"