diff --git a/net-client/offpunk/offpunk-3.0.ebuild b/net-client/offpunk/offpunk-3.0.ebuild
index b0ae37c1bd..b166e24b0e 100644
--- a/net-client/offpunk/offpunk-3.0.ebuild
+++ b/net-client/offpunk/offpunk-3.0.ebuild
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 
 DOCS=( CHANGELOG CONTRIBUTORS README.md )
 
+BDEPEND="sys-devel/gettext"
+
 EPYTEST_PLUGINS=( pytest-mock )
 
 distutils_enable_tests pytest