diff --git a/srcpkgs/opensp/template b/srcpkgs/opensp/template
index a8fd5028317..e239db6dd0f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/opensp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/opensp/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=5
 wrksrc="OpenSP-${version}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-http --enable-default-catalog=/usr/share/sgml/catalog"
-hostmakedepends="automake xmlto libtool"
+hostmakedepends="automake gettext-devel xmlto libtool"
 makedepends="docbook-xsl xmlcatmgr"
 depends="xmlcatmgr"
 sgml_entries="CATALOG /usr/share/OpenSP/catalog --"