diff --git a/package/vlc/vlc.mk b/package/vlc/vlc.mk
index 06fc650f6f..fe338fcbe8 100644
--- a/package/vlc/vlc.mk
+++ b/package/vlc/vlc.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ VLC_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+, LGPL-2.1+
 VLC_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.LIB
 VLC_CPE_ID_VENDOR = videolan
 VLC_CPE_ID_PRODUCT = vlc_media_player
-VLC_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
+VLC_DEPENDENCIES = host-gettext host-pkgconf
 VLC_AUTORECONF = YES
 
 # Install vlc libraries in staging.