diff --git a/srcpkgs/fontmanager/template b/srcpkgs/fontmanager/template
index 8aca05f7fcb..d436c6cbf42 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fontmanager/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fontmanager/template
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ disable_parallel_build=yes
 # gucharmap-devel and libgee08-devel need to be present in both hostmakedepends and makedepends,
 # in order to build correctly across all supported architectures
 hostmakedepends="automake pkg-config gobject-introspection intltool yelp-tools vala
- file-roller glib-devel gucharmap-devel libgee08-devel"
+ file-roller glib-devel gucharmap-devel libgee08-devel gettext-devel"
 makedepends="libgee08-devel gucharmap-devel json-glib-devel sqlite-devel gtk+3-devel cairo-devel
  libxml2-devel freetype-devel fontconfig-devel gettext-devel"
 short_desc="Simple font management for GTK+ desktop environments"