diff --git a/package/git/git.mk b/package/git/git.mk
index 1d70924ae8..138a8b6038 100644
--- a/package/git/git.mk
+++ b/package/git/git.mk
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ GIT_LICENSE = GPLv2, LGPLv2.1+
 GIT_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING LGPL-2.1
 GIT_DEPENDENCIES = zlib host-gettext
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT),y)
+GIT_DEPENDENCIES += gettext
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
 GIT_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
 GIT_CONF_OPTS += --with-openssl