diff --git a/package/avahi/avahi.mk b/package/avahi/avahi.mk
index 5f07a2f20f..e8ca5606e6 100644
--- a/package/avahi/avahi.mk
+++ b/package/avahi/avahi.mk
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ AVAHI_CONF_OPT = --localstatedir=/var \
 		--with-autoipd-user=default \
 		--with-autoipd-group=default
 
-AVAHI_DEPENDENCIES = $(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE),gettext) host-intltool host-pkgconf
+AVAHI_DEPENDENCIES = $(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE),gettext) host-intltool \
+       host-pkgconf host-gettext
 
 ifneq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_AVAHI_DAEMON)$(BR2_PACKAGE_AVAHI_AUTOIPD),)
 AVAHI_DEPENDENCIES += libdaemon