diff --git a/packages/toolchain/devel/pkg-config/meta b/packages/toolchain/devel/pkg-config/meta
index 9e54d8429d..41816d8ddd 100644
--- a/packages/toolchain/devel/pkg-config/meta
+++ b/packages/toolchain/devel/pkg-config/meta
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig/"
 PKG_URL="http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/releases/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="ccache"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="ccache gettext"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="toolchain/devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="pkg-config: A library configuration management system"