diff --git a/Formula/z/zile.rb b/Formula/z/zile.rb
index 47ee7260d0cfe..97534dcdea0f3 100644
--- a/Formula/z/zile.rb
+++ b/Formula/z/zile.rb
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ class Zile < Formula
 
   uses_from_macos "ncurses"
 
+  on_macos do
+    depends_on "gettext"
+  end
+
   def install
     # Work around Vala issue https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vala/-/issues/1408
     # which causes src/eval.vala:87:32: error: incompatible function pointer types passing