diff --git a/srcpkgs/git/template b/srcpkgs/git/template
index be522a45a1a..7844b4b30ab 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/git/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/git/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-curl --with-expat --with-tcltk --with-libpcre2
  ac_cv_snprintf_returns_bogus=no"
 make_check_target=test
-hostmakedepends="asciidoc perl pkg-config tk xmlto"
+hostmakedepends="asciidoc gettext perl pkg-config tar tk xmlto"
 makedepends="libglib-devel libcurl-devel libsecret-devel pcre2-devel tk-devel"
 # Required by https://
 depends="ca-certificates perl-Authen-SASL perl-MIME-tools perl-Net-SMTP-SSL"