diff --git a/srcpkgs/neovim/template b/srcpkgs/neovim/template
index f15f4486512..ef9988bafc5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/neovim/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/neovim/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=0.4.3
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 build_helper="qemu"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config gperf LuaJIT lua51-lpeg lua51-mpack"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config gettext gperf LuaJIT lua51-lpeg lua51-mpack"
 makedepends="libtermkey-devel libuv-devel libvterm-devel msgpack-devel LuaJIT-devel
  libluv-devel"
 depends="libvterm>=0.1.0"