diff --git a/package/intltool/intltool.mk b/package/intltool/intltool.mk
index 19b523858..1a32a79f4 100644
--- a/package/intltool/intltool.mk
+++ b/package/intltool/intltool.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ INTLTOOL_VERSION = 0.40.6
 INTLTOOL_SOURCE = intltool-$(INTLTOOL_VERSION).tar.bz2
 INTLTOOL_SITE = http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/GNOME/sources/intltool/0.40/
 
-HOST_INTLTOOL_DEPENDENCIES = host-libxml-parser-perl
+HOST_INTLTOOL_DEPENDENCIES = host-gettext host-libxml-parser-perl
 HOST_INTLTOOL_CONF_OPT = \
   PERLLIB=$(HOST_DIR)/usr/lib/perl