diff --git a/srcpkgs/xmoto/template b/srcpkgs/xmoto/template
index 4207c7fa278..b311b60e203 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xmoto/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xmoto/template
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ configure_args="-DOpenGL_GL_PREFERENCE=GLVND -DXMOTO_PACK=manual"
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool gettext-devel intltool desktop-file-utils"
 makedepends="sqlite-devel zlib-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel libpng-devel
  libxml2-devel libxdg-basedir-devel glu-devel SDL-devel SDL_mixer-devel
- SDL_net-devel SDL_ttf-devel lua52-devel libcurl-devel libode-devel bzip2-devel
- gettext-libs"
+ SDL_net-devel SDL_ttf-devel lua52-devel libcurl-devel libode-devel
+ bzip2-devel"
 depends="${pkgname}-data"
 short_desc="2D motocross platform game"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ homepage="http://xmoto.tuxfamily.org/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/xmoto/xmoto/archive/${version}/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=209c8c38b1742d0620d40f90365c7a56f67c86da826c80a76d37fa46ee9c9b66
 
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_LIBC" = musl ]; then
+	makedepends+=" gettext-libs"
+fi
+
 pre_install() {
 	vtargetrun build/src/xmoto --pack build/bin/xmoto.bin bin/
 }