diff --git a/package/powertop/powertop.mk b/package/powertop/powertop.mk
index 4446bc988a..331edc9f5d 100644
--- a/package/powertop/powertop.mk
+++ b/package/powertop/powertop.mk
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
 
 POWERTOP_VERSION = 2.7
 POWERTOP_SITE = https://01.org/sites/default/files/downloads/powertop/
-POWERTOP_DEPENDENCIES = pciutils ncurses libnl host-pkgconf
+POWERTOP_DEPENDENCIES = pciutils ncurses libnl host-gettext host-pkgconf
 POWERTOP_LICENSE = GPLv2
 POWERTOP_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 # We're patching Makefile.am
 POWERTOP_AUTORECONF = YES
+POWERTOP_GETTEXTIZE = YES
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT),y)
-POWERTOP_GETTEXTIZE = YES
 POWERTOP_DEPENDENCIES += gettext
 POWERTOP_CONF_ENV += LIBS='-lintl'
 endif