diff --git a/package/grep/Config.in b/package/grep/Config.in
index 523563408..6a5aa46fc 100644
--- a/package/grep/Config.in
+++ b/package/grep/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GREP
 	bool "grep"
 	default n
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBINTL
 	help
 	  The GNU regular expression matcher.
-
+	  Needs gettext
 	  http://www.gnu.org/software/grep/grep.html