diff --git a/srcpkgs/cpufrequtils/template b/srcpkgs/cpufrequtils/template
index bbb798db7d6..77c7d335a91 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cpufrequtils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cpufrequtils/template
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ wrksrc="${pkgname}-${_commit}"
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 make_build_args="STRIP=true"
 make_install_args="mandir=/usr/share/man"
+hostmakedepends="gettext"
 short_desc="Userspace tools for the Linux kernel cpufreq subsystem"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-2"