diff --git a/srcpkgs/gdm/template b/srcpkgs/gdm/template
index d9947d330ef..20977203039 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gdm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gdm/template
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ configure_args="$(vopt_enable gir introspection)
  --with-screenshot-dir=/var/lib/gdm/greeter --sbindir=/usr/bin --without-plymouth
  --with-xauth-dir=/run/gdm --with-pid-file=/run/gdm/gdm.pid
  --disable-systemd-journal --with-initial-vt=7 --enable-wayland-support"
-hostmakedepends="itstool pkg-config dconf"
+hostmakedepends="dconf gettext itstool pkg-config"
 makedepends="accountsservice-devel elogind-devel gettext-devel glib-devel
  iso-codes libSM-devel libcanberra-devel nss-devel pam-devel upower-devel"
 depends="gnome-settings-daemon gnome-shell xorg-server xorg-server-xwayland