diff --git a/package/libsoup/libsoup.mk b/package/libsoup/libsoup.mk
index c9d90e83b..252214fbe 100644
--- a/package/libsoup/libsoup.mk
+++ b/package/libsoup/libsoup.mk
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ endif
 
 LIBSOUP_CONF_OPT = --disable-glibtest --without-gnome
 
-LIBSOUP_DEPENDENCIES = $(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE),gettext) host-pkgconf host-libglib2 libglib2 libxml2 sqlite
+LIBSOUP_DEPENDENCIES = $(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE),gettext) host-pkgconf host-libglib2 \
+       libglib2 libxml2 sqlite host-intltool
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSOUP_SSL),y)
 LIBSOUP_DEPENDENCIES += glib-networking