diff --git a/Formula/d/desktop-file-utils.rb b/Formula/d/desktop-file-utils.rb
index 0303ed653362..077489c45e93 100644
--- a/Formula/d/desktop-file-utils.rb
+++ b/Formula/d/desktop-file-utils.rb
@@ -18,8 +18,13 @@ class DesktopFileUtils < Formula
   depends_on "meson" => :build
   depends_on "ninja" => :build
   depends_on "pkg-config" => :build
+
   depends_on "glib"
 
+  on_macos do
+    depends_on "gettext"
+  end
+
   def install
     system "meson", "setup", "build", *std_meson_args
     system "meson", "compile", "-C", "build", "--verbose"
@@ -52,6 +57,7 @@ def install
       Name=Create a new Foo!
       Icon=fooview-new
     EOS
-    system "#{bin}/desktop-file-validate", "test.desktop"
+
+    system bin/"desktop-file-validate", "test.desktop"
   end
 end