diff --git a/src/lang/CMakeLists.txt b/src/lang/CMakeLists.txt
index 9a95d0a12d..9fb4c1f6f1 100644
--- a/src/lang/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/lang/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ foreach(LANG_SOURCE_FILE IN LISTS LANG_SOURCE_FILES)
                     ${LANG_SOURCE_FILE}
             DEPENDS hoststrgen
             MAIN_DEPENDENCY ${LANG_SOURCE_FILE}
+            DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/english.txt
             WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
             COMMENT "Compiling language ${LANG_SOURCE_FILE_NAME_WE}"
     )