diff --git a/srcpkgs/cross-arm-none-eabi-gdb/template b/srcpkgs/cross-arm-none-eabi-gdb/template
index 798295baef8..c6a63ce3dcd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cross-arm-none-eabi-gdb/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cross-arm-none-eabi-gdb/template
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ configure_args="
  $(vopt_with python)
 "
 hostmakedepends="autoconf automake bison flex pkg-config texinfo"
-makedepends="babeltrace-devel expat-devel mpfr-devel ncurses-devel readline-devel zlib-devel $(vopt_if guile guile-devel) $(vopt_if python 'python3-devel gettext-libs')"
+makedepends="babeltrace-devel expat-devel mpfr-devel ncurses-devel readline-devel zlib-devel $(vopt_if guile guile-devel) $(vopt_if python 'python3-devel')"
 short_desc="GNU Debugger"
 maintainer="Ivan Sokolov <ivan-p-sokolov@ya.ru>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ nocross=yes
 
 CFLAGS="-fcommon"
 
+if [ "$build_option_python" ] && [ "$XBPS_TARGET_LIBC" = musl ]; then
+	makedepends+=" gettext-libs"
+fi
+
 post_install() {
 	# resolve conflicts with binutils and native gdb
 	rm -fr ${DESTDIR}/usr/{share/{locale,gdb,info},include}