diff --git a/package/quota/quota.mk b/package/quota/quota.mk
index c89ed9b867..9afc9e3ad5 100644
--- a/package/quota/quota.mk
+++ b/package/quota/quota.mk
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ QUOTA_CFLAGS = $(TARGET_CFLAGS)
 QUOTA_LDFLAGS = $(TARGET_LDFLAGS)
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE),y)
-QUOTA_DEPENDENCIES = gettext
+QUOTA_DEPENDENCIES += gettext
 QUOTA_LDFLAGS += -lintl
 endif