diff --git a/srcpkgs/minidlna/template b/srcpkgs/minidlna/template
index bda7f9f8353..a3190f2a05b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/minidlna/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/minidlna/template
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ conf_files="/etc/minidlna.conf"
 make_dirs="
  /var/lib/minidlna 0750 minidlna minidlna
  /var/log/minidlna 0750 minidlna minidlna"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config gettext"
 makedepends="ffmpeg-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel sqlite-devel libexif-devel
  libid3tag-devel libvorbis-devel libflac-devel"
 short_desc="DLNA/UPnP-AV compliant media server"