diff --git a/package/leafpad/leafpad.mk b/package/leafpad/leafpad.mk
index ede8c582c..b06e655d6 100644
--- a/package/leafpad/leafpad.mk
+++ b/package/leafpad/leafpad.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 LEAFPAD_VERSION = 0.8.18
 LEAFPAD_SOURCE = leafpad-$(LEAFPAD_VERSION).tar.gz
 LEAFPAD_SITE = http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/leafpad
-LEAFPAD_DEPENDENCIES = libgtk2
+LEAFPAD_DEPENDENCIES = libgtk2 host-intltool
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))