diff --git a/multimedia/tvheadend/Makefile b/multimedia/tvheadend/Makefile
index 8032c41d4e..f33b666624 100644
--- a/multimedia/tvheadend/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/tvheadend/Makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE.md
 PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
 PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
 PKG_BUILD_FLAGS:=no-mips16
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=gettext-full/host
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/nls.mk