diff --git a/srcpkgs/fwupd/template b/srcpkgs/fwupd/template
index 78dc9e25a10..47b9e23f7df 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fwupd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fwupd/template
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ configure_args="-Dconsolekit=false -Dgtkdoc=false -Dintrospection=true
  -Defi-ldsdir=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib -Defi-ld=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/bin/ld
  -Defi-libdir=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib -Delogind=true"
 hostmakedepends="dejavu-fonts-ttf gnutls-tools help2man pkg-config gcab
- vala glib-devel polkit"
+ vala glib-devel polkit gettext"
 makedepends="libxmlb-devel cairo-devel colord-devel libarchive-devel
  gnutls-devel gpgme-devel json-glib-devel libgusb-devel polkit-devel
  sqlite-devel libsoup-devel gcab-devel pango-devel python3-gobject