diff --git a/spack-environment/packages.yaml b/spack-environment/packages.yaml
index 67b8bdcf201957210aed30e6facd2b38073c37c2..8cef7af4330368310d9d95fc7f896ef993530b21 100644
--- a/spack-environment/packages.yaml
+++ b/spack-environment/packages.yaml
@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@ packages:
     - '@11.2.2.east'
     - cxxstd=20 -vecgeom +threads -vtk
     - any_of: [+opengl +qt +x11, -opengl -qt -x11]
+  gettext: 
+    require:
+    - +libxml2
   gl:
     require:
     - glx