diff --git a/package/dos2unix/dos2unix.mk b/package/dos2unix/dos2unix.mk
index 99bb742b3..fd531d4fe 100644
--- a/package/dos2unix/dos2unix.mk
+++ b/package/dos2unix/dos2unix.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 DOS2UNIX_VERSION = 7.0
 DOS2UNIX_SITE = http://waterlan.home.xs4all.nl/dos2unix/
-
+DOS2UNIX_DEPENDENCIES = host-gettext
 DOS2UNIX_LICENSE = BSD-2c
 DOS2UNIX_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING.txt