diff --git a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/gst1-plugins-bad.mk b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/gst1-plugins-bad.mk
index 25289d2b33..e7d265ff58 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/gst1-plugins-bad.mk
+++ b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/gst1-plugins-bad.mk
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_LICENSE = LGPLv2+ LGPLv2.1+
 
 GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_AUTORECONF = YES
 GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_AUTORECONF_OPT = -I $(@D)/common/m4
+GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_GETTEXTIZE = YES
 
 GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_CONF_OPT = \
 	--disable-examples \