diff --git a/srcpkgs/elogind/template b/srcpkgs/elogind/template
index b72764e91ef..559b1429416 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/elogind/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/elogind/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=elogind
 version=226.4
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="automake libxslt intltool libtool pkg-config gperf docbook-xsl"
+hostmakedepends="automake libxslt intltool libtool pkg-config gperf docbook-xsl gettext-devel"
 makedepends="libcap-devel libmount-devel libseccomp-devel libblkid-devel pam-devel gettext-devel eudev-libudev-devel glib-devel"
 depends="dbus"
 short_desc="Standalone logind fork"