diff --git a/package/adwaita-icon-theme/adwaita-icon-theme.mk b/package/adwaita-icon-theme/adwaita-icon-theme.mk
index af49dc05e6..e273d90e65 100644
--- a/package/adwaita-icon-theme/adwaita-icon-theme.mk
+++ b/package/adwaita-icon-theme/adwaita-icon-theme.mk
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ ADWAITA_ICON_THEME_SITE = ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/adwaita-icon-the
 ADWAITA_ICON_THEME_SOURCE = adwaita-icon-theme-$(ADWAITA_ICON_THEME_VERSION).tar.xz
 ADWAITA_ICON_THEME_LICENSE = LGPLv3 or CC-BY-SA-3.0
 ADWAITA_ICON_THEME_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING_LGPL COPYING_CCBYSA3
+ADWAITA_ICON_THEME_DEPENDENCIES = host-intltool
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))