diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-passbook/template b/srcpkgs/gnome-passbook/template
index 7348a194450..30cd8e93b72 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnome-passbook/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-passbook/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=3
 _release_hash=5fea4e4fc19f1732d3a5270bc43eb8e9
 wrksrc="passbook-${version}"
 build_style=meson
-hostmakedepends="glib-devel pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="glib-devel pkg-config gettext"
 makedepends="gobject-introspection gtk+3-devel libglib-devel"
 depends="python3-pykeepass python3-gobject gtk+3"
 short_desc="Password manager for GNOME"