diff --git a/srcpkgs/xen/template b/srcpkgs/xen/template
index 64507ab4715..6a7f8a73719 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xen/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xen/template
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ revision=2
 _git_tag_ipxe=356f6c1b64d7a97746d1816cef8ca22bdd8d0b5d
 archs="x86_64*"
 configure_args="$(vopt_enable stubdom) --with-system-seabios=/usr/share/seabios/bios.bin"
-hostmakedepends="acpica-utils automake bison fig2dev ghostscript git ocaml
- ocaml-findlib pandoc pkg-config python-Markdown wget"
+hostmakedepends="acpica-utils automake bison fig2dev gettext ghostscript git
+ ocaml ocaml-findlib pandoc pkg-config python-Markdown tar texinfo wget"
 makedepends="SDL-devel dtc-devel e2fsprogs-devel gnutls-devel libaio-devel
  libbluetooth-devel libglib-devel liblzma-devel libnl3-devel libressl-devel
  netpbm pciutils-devel pixman-devel python-devel seabios yajl-devel"