diff --git a/srcpkgs/hexchat/template b/srcpkgs/hexchat/template
index 7393a28352d..b5048e97ad8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/hexchat/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/hexchat/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build_style=meson
 configure_args="-Dwith-dbus=true -Dwith-ssl=true -Dwith-text=false
  -Dwith-perl=/usr/bin/perl -Dwith-python=python3
  -Dwith-lua=$(vopt_if LuaJIT luajit lua)"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config glib-devel"
+hostmakedepends="gettext pkg-config glib-devel"
 makedepends="gtk+-devel libressl-devel dbus-glib-devel perl libnotify-devel
  libcanberra-devel libxml2-devel pciutils-devel libproxy-devel
  iso-codes python3-devel $(vopt_if LuaJIT LuaJIT-devel lua-devel)"