diff --git a/srcpkgs/libreoffice/template b/srcpkgs/libreoffice/template
index ffd2ebd062a..112f5c5d6e5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libreoffice/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libreoffice/template
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ _add_lang() {
 	local deps=
 	local pkg=$1
 	local name=$2
+	pkglang=$pkg
 	shift 2
 	while case "$1" in
 		-h*)	tmp=${1#-h}; deps="$deps hunspell-${tmp:-$pkg}" ;;